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Preferred term

Scheuermann Disease  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A type of juvenile osteochondrosis affecting the fibrocartilaginous disc (INTERVERTEBRAL DISC) in the thoracic or thoracolumbar region of the SPINE. It is characterized by a forward concave SPINAL CURVATURE or KYPHOSIS.

Entry terms

  • Adolescent Hyperkyphosis
  • Adolescent Kyphosis
  • Juvenile Kyphosis
  • Juvenile Osteochondrosis of Spine
  • Scheuermann Juvenile Kyphosis
  • Scheuermann Kyphosis
  • Scheuermann's Disease
  • Scheuermann's Kyphosis

In other languages

  • French

  • Cyphose douloureuse des adolescents
  • Dystrophie rachidienne de croissance
  • Épiphysite vertébrale des adolescents
  • Épiphysite vertébrale douloureuse de l'adolescence
  • Épiphysite vertébrale juvénile
  • Ostéochondrose vertébrale de croissance

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-W5BJM64Z-D

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