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Descriptor
English
:
Cutis Laxa
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Cutis Laxa
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Cutis Laxa
Synonyms
English
:
Dermatolysis
Dermatomegaly
Tree Number:
C16.320.850.180
C17.300.230
C17.800.827.180
Definition
English
:
A group of
connective tissue diseases
in which
skin
hangs in loose pendulous folds. It is believed to be associated with decreased
elastic tissue
formation as well as an abnormality in
elastin
formation.
Cutis laxa
is usually a genetic
disease
, but acquired cases have been reported. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
loose pendulous
skin
See Related
English
:
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
History Note
English
:
68; was DERMATOLYSIS 1963-67
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
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genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
3503
Unique Identifier:
D003483
Occurrence in VHL
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