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Descriptor English:   Leg Length Inequality 
Descriptor Spanish:   Diferencia de Longitud de las Piernas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Desigualdade de Membros Inferiores 
Synonyms English:   Inequalities, Leg Length
Inequality, Leg Length
Leg Length Inequalities
Length Inequalities, Leg
Length Inequality, Leg  
Tree Number:   C05.116.099.655
C23.300.808
Definition English:   A condition in which one of a pair of legs fails to grow as long as the other, which could result from injury or surgery. 
Indexing Annotation English:   correction of inequality: coord IM with BONE LENGTHENING (IM) or specifically ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE (IM) if pertinent
See Related English:   Bone Lengthening
 
History Note English:   72; LEG LENGTHENING was heading 1964-71 (Prov 1964-66) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   8048 
Unique Identifier:   D007870 

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