"Ectromelia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Gross hypo- or aplasia of one or more long bones of one or more limbs. The concept includes amelia, hemimelia, phocomelia, and sirenomelia.
| Descriptor ID |
D004480
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.660.585.350 C16.131.621.585.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Sirenomelia- Sirenomelia
- Mermaid Malformation
- Malformation, Mermaid
- Sirenomelus
- Sirenomelia Sequence
- Sequence, Sirenomelia
- Sirenomelia Sequences
- Fused Legs and Feet
- Mermaid Syndrome
- Syndrome, Mermaid
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ectromelia" by people in Profiles.
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Orioli IM, Amar E, Arteaga-Vazquez J, Bakker MK, Bianca S, Botto LD, Clementi M, Correa A, Csaky-Szunyogh M, Leoncini E, Li Z, L?pez-Camelo JS, Lowry RB, Marengo L, Mart?nez-Fr?as ML, Mastroiacovo P, Morgan M, Pierini A, Ritvanen A, Scarano G, Szabova E, Castilla EE. Sirenomelia: an epidemiologic study in a large dataset from the International Clearinghouse of Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, and literature review. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2011 Nov 15; 157C(4):358-73.