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Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Eruption, Kaposi's Varicelliform
  • Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption
  • Kaposis Varicelliform Eruption
  • Varicelliform Eruption, Kaposi's

Scope note

  • A disseminated vesicular-pustular eruption caused by the herpes simplex virus (HERPESVIRUS HOMINIS), the VACCINIA VIRUS, or Varicella zoster (HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN). It is usually superimposed on a preexisting, inactive or active, atopic dermatitis (DERMATITIS, ATOPIC).

History note

  • 98; was KAPOSI'S VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION 1963-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007617

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