"Genu Varum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An outward slant of the thigh in which the knees are wide apart and the ankles close together. Genu varum can develop due to skeletal and joint dysplasia (e.g., OSTEOARTHRITIS; Blount's disease); and malnutrition (e.g., RICKETS; FLUORIDE POISONING).
| Descriptor ID |
D056305
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.511
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| Concept/Terms |
Genu Varum- Genu Varum
- Bow Leg
- Bow Legs
- Leg, Bow
- Legs, Bow
- Genu Varus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Genu Varum" by people in Profiles.
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Wink AE, Gross KD, Brown CA, Guermazi A, Roemer F, Niu J, Torner J, Lewis CE, Nevitt MC, Tolstykh I, Sharma L, Felson DT. Varus thrust during walking and the risk of incident and worsening medial tibiofemoral MRI lesions: the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2017 06; 25(6):839-845.