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Descriptor English:   Leg Length Inequality 
Descriptor Spanish:   Diferencia de Longitud de las Piernas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Desigualdade de Membros Inferiores 
Tree Number:   C05.116.099.655
C23.300.808
Definition English:   A condition in which one of a pair of legs fails to grow as long as the other, which could result from injury or surgery. 
Indexing Annotation English:   correction of inequality: coord IM with BONE LENGTHENING (IM) or specifically ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE (IM) if pertinent
See Related English:   Bone Lengthening
 
History Note English:   72; LEG LENGTHENING was heading 1964-71 (Prov 1964-66) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   8048 
Unique Identifier:   D007870 

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