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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Genu Valgum

Preferred term

Genu Valgum  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Genu Valga
  • Genu Valgas
  • Knees, Knock
  • Knock Knee
  • Knock Knees
  • Valga, Genu
  • Valgas, Genu

Scope note

  • An inward slant of the thigh in which the knees are close together and the ankles far apart. Genu valgum can develop due to skeletal and joint dysplasias (e.g., OSTEOARTHRITIS; HURLER SYNDROME); and malnutrition (e.g., RICKETS; FLUORIDE POISONING).

History note

  • 2010

In other languages

  • pihtipolvisuus

    Finnish

  • crura valga
  • genu valgum
  • genua valga
  • pihtipolvet
  • ristisääret
  • valgus-polvet
  • x-jalat
  • Kobenhet

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D056304

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