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A birth defect in which the URINARY BLADDER is malformed and exposed, inside out, and protruded through the ABDOMINAL WALL. It is caused by closure defects involving the top front surface of the bladder, as well as the lower abdominal wall; SKIN; MUSCLES; and the pubic bone.
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- Bladder Extrophy
- Exstrophy Of Bladder
- Exstrophy of the Bladder
- Urinary Bladder Exstrophy
- Bladder Exstrophies
- Bladder Extrophies
- Exstrophies, Bladder
- Exstrophies, Urinary Bladder
- Exstrophy, Bladder
- Exstrophy, Urinary Bladder
- Extrophies, Bladder
- Extrophy, Bladder
- Urinary Bladder Exstrophies
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Bladder Exstrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001746. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001746
- Bladder Exstrophy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bladder_exstrophy
- Bladder Exstrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258858