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MeSH Supplementary: Dowling-Degos Disease
Unique ID: C562924
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/C562924
Entry Term(s): DDD1; Dowling-Degos disease 1; Dowling-Degos-Kitamura Disease; Kitamura Reticulate Acropigmentation; Reticular Pigment Anomaly of Flexures; Reticulate Acropigmentation of Kitamura; dark dot disease
Registry Numbers: 0
Heading Mapped to: *Skin Diseases, Genetic; *Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous; *Hyperpigmentation
Frequency: 82
Note: An autosomal dominant genetically heterogeneous skin disorder characterized by reticular pigmentation, usually in a flexural distribution, or with numerous hypopigmented or erythematous macules and papules on the neck, chest, and abdomen. The histopathology of DDD shows characteristic thin branch-like patterns of epidermal downgrowth. Mutations in the KRT5 gene have been identified for DDD1. OMIM: 179850
Date of Entry: 2012/11/05
Revision Date: 2019/05/01

Concept UI: M0563224
Registry Numbers: 0
Terms: Dowling-Degos Disease Preferred Term
Term UI T000882093
Date06/18/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); dark dot disease
Term UI T844526
Date05/22/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Dowling-Degos-Kitamura Disease
Term UI T801825
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Reticular Pigment Anomaly of Flexures
Term UI T827328
Date08/03/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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