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Descriptor English: Morgellons Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad de Morgellons
Descriptor enfermedad de Morgellons
Scope note: Enfermedad inexplicable caracterizada por manifestaciones cutáneas, incluyendo lesiones que no curan, prurito y aparición de fibras.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença de Morgellons
Descriptor French: Maladie de Morgellons
Entry term(s): Disease, Morgellons
Morgellon
Morgellon's
Morgellons
Morgellons Syndrome
Syndrome, Morgellons
Tree number(s): C17.800.518
F03.700.412
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055535
Scope note: An unexplained illness which is characterized by skin manifestations including non-healing lesions, itching, and the appearance of fibers.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
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
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Skin Diseases, Parasitic (2006-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Related: Delusional Parasitosis MeSH
DeCS ID: 53103
Unique ID: D055535
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Morgellons Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0518290
Scope note An unexplained illness which is characterized by skin manifestations including non-healing lesions, itching, and the appearance of fibers.
Preferred term Morgellons Disease
Entry term(s) Disease, Morgellons
Morgellon
Morgellon's
Morgellons
Morgellons Syndrome
Syndrome, Morgellons



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