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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Abnormalities > Sclerema Neonatorum
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Skin Abnormalities > Sclerema Neonatorum
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Infant, Newborn, Diseases > Sclerema Neonatorum

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Sclerema Neonatorum  

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  • a skin abnorm; adipose tissue dis in preterm or debilitated inf; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES

Scope note

  • A severe, sometimes fatal, disorder of adipose tissue occurring chiefly in preterm or debilitated infants suffering from an underlying illness and manifested by a diffuse, nonpitting induration of the affected tissue. The skin becomes cold, yellowish, mottled, and inflexible.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012593

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