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Descriptor English:   Pseudarthrosis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Seudoartrosis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Pseudoartrose 
Tree Number:   C26.404.468.627
Definition English:   A pathologic entity characterized by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal BONY CALLUS leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (Dorland, 27th ed) 
Indexing Annotation English:   a type of ununited fract; do not index under FRACTURES, UNUNITED unless particularly discussed
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:   11981 
Unique Identifier:   D011542 

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