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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Skin Manifestations > Erythema
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Erythema

Preferred term

Erythema  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse with ERYTHRODERMA see DERMATITIS, EXFOLIATIVE; prickly heat: index MILIARIA

Scope note

  • Redness of the skin produced by congestion of the capillaries. This condition may result from a variety of disease processes.

In other languages

  • eryteema

    Finnish

  • erythema
  • erythroderma
  • erythrodermia
  • rubor cutis
  • Hudrodnad

    Swedish

  • Erytem

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004890

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