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Preferred term

Psoriasis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Pustulosis of Palms and Soles

Note

  • a papulosquamous skin dis; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC is also available

Scope note

  • A common genetically determined, chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by rounded erythematous, dry, scaling patches. The lesions have a predilection for nails, scalp, genitalia, extensor surfaces, and the lumbosacral region. Accelerated epidermopoiesis is considered to be the fundamental pathologic feature in psoriasis.

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • hilsettymä
  • hilsetystauti
  • määrittämätön psoriaasi
  • psori
  • psoriaasis
  • psoriasis non specificata
  • Swedish

  • Psoriasis palmoplantaris

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011565

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