Diseases

Cafe-au-Lait Spots

Light brown pigmented macules associated with NEUROFIBROMATOSIS and Albright's syndrome (see FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC).

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Abstract

Light brown pigmented macules associated with NEUROFIBROMATOSIS and Albright's syndrome (see FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC).

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Cafe au Lait Spots
  • Cafe-au-Lait Spot
  • Spot, Cafe-au-Lait
  • Spots, Cafe-au-Lait

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

a pigmentation disord; spell in titles & translations with hyphens & accent: café-au-lait

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History Note

96

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Previous Indexing

  • Pigmentation Disorders (1966-1995)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cafe-au-Lait Spots. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019080. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019080
  2. Cafe-au-Lait Spots. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_au_lait_spot
  3. Cafe-au-Lait Spots. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856979