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Abstract
Congenital structural deformities, malformations, or other abnormalities of the maxilla and face or facial bones.
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- Abnormalities, Maxillofacial
- Abnormality, Maxillofacial
- Maxillofacial Abnormality
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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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general or unspecified; prefer specifics involving both the maxilla and the face: not a substitute for MAXILLA /abnorm or FACE /abnorm or FACIAL BONES /abnorm
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- Face/abnormalities (1968-1997)
- Facial Bones/abnormalities (1969-1997)
- Maxilla/abnormalities (1968-1997)
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- National Library of Medicine. Maxillofacial Abnormalities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019767. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019767
- Maxillofacial Abnormalities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54944124