Diseases

Sclerema Neonatorum

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

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  1. C16w.131w.831.812w
  2. C16w.614.810w
  3. C17.800w.804.812w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sclerema Neonatorum. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012593. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012593
  2. Sclerema Neonatorum. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclerema_neonatorum
  3. Sclerema Neonatorum. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3952465