Structured Summary
Abstract
Congenital structural deformities, malformations, or other abnormalities of the cranium and facial bones.
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Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- 22q11 Deletion Syndrome
- Cleidocranial Dysplasia
- Costello Syndrome
- Craniofacial Dysostosis
- Craniosynostoses
- Donohue Syndrome
- Holoprosencephaly
- LEOPARD Syndrome
- Loeys-Dietz Syndrome
- Maxillofacial Abnormalities
- Megalencephaly
- Microcephaly
- Noonan Syndrome
- Orofaciodigital Syndromes
- Plagiocephaly
- Platybasia
- Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome
- Silver-Russell Syndrome
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Abnormalities, Craniofacial
- Abnormality, Craniofacial
- Craniofacial Abnormality
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Aspects Covered
34 allowable subheadings
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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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics
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History Note
97
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Previous Indexing
- Facial Bones (1966-1996)
- Skull/abnormalities (1966-1996)
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NLM Classification
WE 705
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Craniofacial Abnormalities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019465. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019465
- Craniofacial Abnormalities. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniofacial_abnormality
- Craniofacial Abnormalities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5182137