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Abstract
Any of several generalized skin disorders characterized by dryness, roughness, and scaliness, due to hypertrophy of the stratum corneum epidermis. Most are genetic, but some are acquired, developing in association with other systemic disease or genetic syndrome.
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3 entry terms
- Ichthyoses
- Xeroderma
- Xerodermas
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34 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, 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
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; unspecified dryness of skin is indexed under SKIN DISEASES, not here
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History Note
ERYTHRODERMA ICHTHYOSIFORME was see under ICHTHYOSIS 1963-78
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ichthyosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007057. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007057
- Ichthyosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosis
- Ichthyosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q523893