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MeSH Heading: Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C16.131.077.133; C16.131.260.080; C16.320.180.080; C16.320.447.375
Unique ID: D001506
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001506
Scope Note: A syndrome of multiple defects characterized primarily by umbilical hernia (HERNIA, UMBILICAL); MACROGLOSSIA; and GIGANTISM; and secondarily by visceromegaly; HYPOGLYCEMIA; and ear abnormalities.
Entry Term(s): EMG Syndrome; Exomphalos-Macroglossia-Gigantism Syndrome; Wiedemann Syndrome; Wiedemann-Beckwith Syndrome; Wiedemann-Beckwith Syndrome (WBS)
Previous Indexing: Abnormalities, Multiple (1968-1982); Gigantism (1966-1982); Hernia, Umbilical (1966-1982); Macroglossia (1975-1982); Tongue/abnormalities (1966-1974)
See Also: Gigantism; Silver-Russell Syndrome
Public MeSH Note: 1983
History Note: 1983
Date Established: 1983/01/01
Date of Entry: 1982/04/26
Revision Date: 2023/04/14

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome MeSH Descriptor Data 2025