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MeSH Heading: Cutis Laxa
Tree Number(s): C16.320.850.180; C17.300.230; C17.800.827.180
Unique ID: D003483
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003483
Annotation: do not confuse with ANETODERMA; CUTIS LAXA is mostly a genetic disease: both are described as "loose skin"
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Dermatolysis; Dermatomegaly
See Also: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Public MeSH Note: 1968; sww DERMATOLYSIS 1963-1967
History Note: 1968; use DERMATOLYSIS 1963-1967
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/18

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Cutis Laxa MeSH Descriptor Data 2024