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MeSH Heading: Failure to Thrive
Tree Number(s): C23.888.338
Unique ID: D005183
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005183
Annotation: permitted with all age groups
Scope Note: A condition of substandard growth or diminished capacity to maintain normal function.
Previous Indexing: Growth Disorders (1969-1983)
Public MeSH Note: 84
History Note: 84
Date Established: 1984/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/02/24
Revision Date: 2011/06/24

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)

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