| Descriptor English: | Xeroderma Pigmentosum | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Xerodermia Pigmentosa
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Xeroderma Pigmentoso | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Xeroderma pigmentosum | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Kaposi Disease Kaposi's Disease Kaposis Disease |
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| Tree number(s): |
C04.834.867 C16.131.831.936 C16.320.850.970 C17.800.600.925 C17.800.621.936 C17.800.804.936 C17.800.827.970 C18.452.284.975 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014983 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A rare, pigmentary, and atrophic autosomal recessive disease. It is manifested as an extreme photosensitivity to ULTRAVIOLET RAYS as the result of a deficiency in the enzyme that permits excisional repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA. |
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| Annotation: | if non-neoplastic, coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/disease term (IM); if neoplastic, coordinate IM with organ/neoplasm term (IM); do not confuse KAPOSI DISEASE with SARCOMA, KAPOSI |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 63; KAPOSI DISEASE was KAPOSI'S DISEASE 1963-97 |
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| History Note: | 63; KAPOSI DISEASE was KAPOSI'S DISEASE 1963-97 |
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| DeCS ID: | 15382 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D014983 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WR 265 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1963/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/07/07 |
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DISEASES
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Xeroderma Pigmentosum
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| Concept UI |
M0023063 |
| Scope note | A rare, pigmentary, and atrophic autosomal recessive disease. It is manifested as an extreme photosensitivity to ULTRAVIOLET RAYS as the result of a deficiency in the enzyme that permits excisional repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA. |
| Preferred term | Xeroderma Pigmentosum |
| Entry term(s) |
Kaposi Disease Kaposi's Disease Kaposis Disease |
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