"Intestinal Atresia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Congenital obliteration of the lumen of the intestine, with the ILEUM involved in 50% of the cases and the JEJUNUM and DUODENUM following in frequency. It is the most frequent cause of INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION in NEWBORNS. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D007409
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.198.719 C06.405.469.445 C16.131.314.466
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| Concept/Terms |
Intestinal Atresia- Intestinal Atresia
- Congenital Intestinal Atresia
- Atresia, Congenital Intestinal
- Atresias, Congenital Intestinal
- Congenital Intestinal Atresias
- Intestinal Atresia, Congenital
- Intestinal Atresias, Congenital
- Atresia, Intestinal
- Apple Peel Syndrome
- Apple Peel Syndromes
- Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresia
- Apple Peel Intestinal Atresia
- Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresias
- Atresia, Apple-Peel Intestinal
- Atresias, Apple-Peel Intestinal
- Intestinal Atresia, Apple-Peel
- Intestinal Atresias, Apple-Peel
Jejunal Atresia- Jejunal Atresia
- Atresia, Jejunal
- Apple Peel Small Bowel Syndrome
- Familial Apple Peel Jejunal Atresia
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