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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Metabolic > Necrobiosis Lipoidica
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Skin Diseases, Metabolic > Necrobiosis Lipoidica
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Necrobiotic Disorders > Necrobiosis Lipoidica
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Collagen Diseases > Necrobiotic Disorders > Necrobiosis Lipoidica

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Necrobiosis Lipoidica  

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Entry terms

  • Diabeticorum, Necrobiosis Lipoidica
  • Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum

Note

  • note entry term NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA DIABETICORUM: do not index also under DIABETES MELLITUS unless particularly discussed

Scope note

  • A degenerative disease of the dermal connective tissue characterized by the development of erythematous papules or nodules in the pretibial area. The papules form plaques covered with telangiectatic vessels. More than half of the affected patients have diabetes.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009335

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