CREST Syndrome
"CREST Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mild form of LIMITED SCLERODERMA, a multi-system disorder. Its features include symptoms of CALCINOSIS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; sclerodactyly, and TELANGIECTASIS. When the defect in esophageal function is not prominent, it is known as CRST syndrome.
| Descriptor ID |
D017675
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.117.119.500.204 C14.907.617.812.500 C14.907.823.225 C17.300.799.801.500 C17.800.784.801.500 C18.452.174.130.204
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| Concept/Terms |
CREST Syndrome- CREST Syndrome
- CREST Syndromes
- Syndrome, CREST
- Calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Esophageal dismobility, Sclerodactyly, Telangiectasia Syndrome
CRST Syndrome- CRST Syndrome
- CRST Syndromes
- Syndrome, CRST
- Calcinosis-Raynaud Phenomenon-Sclerodactyly-Telangiectasia
- Calcinosis Raynaud Phenomenon Sclerodactyly Telangiectasia
- Phenomenon-Sclerodactyly-Telangiectasia, Calcinosis-Raynaud
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