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Abstract
A congenital defect with major fissure in the ABDOMINAL WALL lateral to, but not at, the UMBILICUS. This results in the extrusion of VISCERA. Unlike OMPHALOCELE, herniated structures in gastroschisis are not covered by a sac or PERITONEUM.
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- Congenital Fissure of the Abdominal Cavity
- Gastroschises
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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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do not confuse with HERNIA, UMBILICAL
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History Note
1999
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Previous Indexing
- Abdominal Muscles/abnormalities (1966-1998)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Gastroschisis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020139. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020139
- Gastroschisis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroschisis
- Gastroschisis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1495674