Diseases

Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

A collective term for diseases of the skin and its appendages and of connective tissue.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A collective term for diseases of the skin and its appendages and of connective tissue.

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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

used for searching; INDEXER: Do not use; CATALOGER: Do not use

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History Note

98; use explode 1993-97

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Tree Number

  1. C17

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017437. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017437
  2. Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54943763