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Preferred term

Ichthyosis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Xeroderma
  • Xerodermas

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; unspecified dryness of skin is indexed under SKIN DISEASES, not here

Scope note

  • Any of several generalized skin disorders characterized by dryness, roughness, and scaliness, due to hypertrophy of the stratum corneum epidermis. Most are genetic, but some are acquired, developing in association with other systemic disease or genetic syndrome.

History note

  • ERYTHRODERMA ICHTHYOSIFORME was see under ICHTHYOSIS 1963-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007057

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