Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®)
Online Congenital Multiple Anomaly/Mental Retardation Syndromes Source Information
Web site
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20061212/mesh/jablonski/mesh/jablonski/syndrome_db.html
Authority
Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation (MCA/MR)
Syndromes was developed by Stanley Jablonski at the U.S. National
Library of Medicine (NLM) in 1999.
Purpose
MCA/MR Syndromes describes syndromes in which multiple
congenital anomalies are associated with mental retardation.
Description
MCA/MR Syndromes consists of structured descriptions of
approximately 700 out of the 1600-2000 syndromes of congenital
abnormalities known to be associated with mental retardation.
Audience
MCA/MR Syndromes is used by researchers and practitioners in
the multiple congenital anomalies/mental retardation field.
Update Frequency
MCA/MR Syndromes was last updated in 1999. MCA/MR Syndromes is
no longer being maintained or updated.
Metathesaurus Update Frequency
MCA/MR Syndromes was last updated in the Metathesaurus in
2000.
Sites Consulted
- Congenital Syndromes Database Closed [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine; 2004 Jun 15 [updated 2004 Jun 15; cited 2009 Dec 31]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20061212/mesh/jablonski/mesh/jablonski/syndrome_db.html
