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Descriptor English:   Pseudarthrosis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Seudoartrosis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Pseudoartrose 
Synonyms English:   Pseudarthroses
Pseudoarthroses
Pseudoarthrosis  
Tree Number:   C26.404.468.627
Definition English:   A pathologic entity characterized by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal BONY CALLUS leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (Dorland, 27th ed) 
Indexing Annotation English:   a type of ununited fract; do not index under FRACTURES, UNUNITED unless particularly discussed
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:   11981 
Unique Identifier:   D011542 

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