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Abstract
Diseases existing at birth and often before birth, or that develop during the first month of life (INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES), regardless of causation. Of these diseases, those characterized by structural deformities are termed CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES.
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5 entry terms
- Congenital Disorders
- Disorders, Congenital
- Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
- Congenital Disorder
- Disorder, Congenital
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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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History Note
2002; use explode 1971-1997
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- C16w
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009358. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009358
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_defect
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727096