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Abstract
Linear dermal scars accompanied by epidermal atrophy that affects skin that is subjected to continuous stretching. They usually do not cause any significant medical problems, only cosmetic problems.
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- Stretch Marks
- Distensae, Striae
- Mark, Stretch
- Marks, Stretch
- Stretch Mark
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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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2011
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- Skin/pathology (1966-2010)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Striae Distensae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057896. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057896
- Striae Distensae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretch_marks
- Striae Distensae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596942