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Descriptor English: Skin, Artificial
Descriptor Spanish: Piel Artificial
Descriptor piel artificial
Entry term(s) sustitutos de la piel
Scope note: Material sintético utilizado para el tratamiento de quemaduras y de otras condiciones que conllevan la pérdida masiva de piel. A menudo consiste de una capa exterior (epidérmica) de silicona y una capa interna (dérmica) de colágeno y condroitín-6-sulfato. La capa dérmica sufre nuevo crecimiento e invasión vascular y la capa exterior se elimina posteriormente y se reemplaza por un injerto.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pele Artificial
Descriptor French: Peau artificielle
Entry term(s): Artificial Skin
Artificial Skins
Skin Substitute
Skin Substitutes
Skins, Artificial
Substitute, Skin
Substitutes, Skin
Tree number(s): E07.858.082.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017768
Scope note: Synthetic material used for the treatment of burns and other conditions involving large-scale loss of skin. It often consists of an outer (epidermal) layer of silicone and an inner (dermal) layer of collagen and chondroitin 6-sulfate. The dermal layer elicits new growth and vascular invasion and the outer layer is later removed and replaced by a graft.
Annotation: to stimulate new skin growth before replacement by graft
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Artificial Organs (1966-1993)
Skin (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31039
Unique ID: D017768
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Skin, Artificial - Preferred
Concept UI M0026853
Scope note Synthetic material used for the treatment of burns and other conditions involving large-scale loss of skin. It often consists of an outer (epidermal) layer of silicone and an inner (dermal) layer of collagen and chondroitin 6-sulfate. The dermal layer elicits new growth and vascular invasion and the outer layer is later removed and replaced by a graft.
Preferred term Skin, Artificial
Entry term(s) Artificial Skin
Artificial Skins
Skins, Artificial
Skin Substitutes - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0026854
Preferred term Skin Substitutes
Entry term(s) Skin Substitute
Substitute, Skin
Substitutes, Skin



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