"Ectromelia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Gross hypo- or aplasia of one or more long bones of one or more limbs. The concept includes amelia, hemimelia, phocomelia, and sirenomelia.
| Descriptor ID |
D004480
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.660.585.350 C16.131.621.585.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Sirenomelia- Sirenomelia
- Mermaid Malformation
- Malformation, Mermaid
- Sirenomelus
- Sirenomelia Sequence
- Sequence, Sirenomelia
- Sirenomelia Sequences
- Fused Legs and Feet
- Mermaid Syndrome
- Syndrome, Mermaid
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ectromelia" by people in Profiles.
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Neurocognitive profile of a young adolescent with DK phocomelia/von Voss phocomelia/von Voss Cherstvoy syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2015 Jul; 167(7):1632-6.
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Hypereosinophilic syndrome and hemimelia in a patient with chromosome 6p22.3 deletion. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2014 Aug; 25(5):500-3.
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The non-redundant function of cohesin acetyltransferase Esco2: some answers and new questions. Nucleus. 2012 Jul 01; 3(4):330-4.
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Esco2 promotes neuronal differentiation by repressing Notch signaling. Cell Signal. 2011 Nov; 23(11):1876-84.
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Robinow syndrome: phenotypic variability in a family with a novel intragenic ROR2 mutation. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Nov 01; 146A(21):2804-9.
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Sirenomelia in an identical twin: a case report. J Pediatr Surg. 1991 Nov; 26(11):1334-6.