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MeSH Heading: Osteonecrosis
Tree Number(s): C05.116.852; C23.550.717.732
Unique ID: D010020
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010020
Annotation: OSTEORADIONECROSIS & FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS are available
Scope Note: Death of a bone or part of a bone, either atraumatic or posttraumatic.
Entry Term(s): Aseptic Necrosis of Bone; Avascular Necrosis of Bone; Bone Necrosis; Kienbock Disease; Kienbock's Disease; Kienboeck Disease; Kienboeck's Disease; Necrosis, Aseptic, of Bone; Necrosis, Avascular, of Bone
Previous Indexing: Bone Diseases (1966-1976); Necrosis (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 1977; for KIENBOCK DISEASE, see OSTEOCHONDRITIS 1963-2002
History Note: 1977; for KIENBOCK DISEASE, use OSTEOCHONDRITIS 1963-2002
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/16
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

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)

Concept UI: M0015515
Scope Note: Osteonecrosis of the lunate.
Terms: Kienbock Disease Preferred Term
Term UI T491100
Date04/26/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Kienboeck Disease
Term UI T029616
Date06/15/1984
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Kienboeck's Disease
Term UI T029617
Date06/06/1978
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Kienbock's Disease
Term UI T491101
Date04/26/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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