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Abstract
A nonspecific term used to denote any cutaneous lesion or group of lesions, or eruptions of any type on the leg. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
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3 entry terms
- Leg Dermatosis
- Dermatoses, Leg
- Dermatosis, Leg
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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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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; a coordinate for specific skin diseases of the leg but not a coordinate for neoplasms on the leg (index neoplasm terms and LEG); consider synonym for leg dermatitis and do not add DERMATITIS unless one of the specific DERMATITIS terms in MeSH
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Leg Dermatoses. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007868. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007868
- Leg Dermatoses. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18555307