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MeSH Heading: Exanthema
Tree Number(s): C17.800.257
Unique ID: D005076
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005076
Annotation: a skin eruption usually chem- or viral-induced; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM is also available
Scope Note: Diseases in which skin eruptions or rashes are a prominent manifestation. Classically, six such diseases were described with similar rashes; they were numbered in the order in which they were reported. Only the fourth (Duke's disease), fifth (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM), and sixth (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM) numeric designations survive as occasional synonyms in current terminology.
Entry Term(s): Exanthem; Rash; Skin Rash
NLM Classification #: WR 140
See Also: Wissler's Syndrome
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 1999/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

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Concept UI: M0007993
Scope Note: Diseases in which skin eruptions or rashes are a prominent manifestation. Classically, six such diseases were described with similar rashes; they were numbered in the order in which they were reported. Only the fourth (Duke's disease), fifth (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM), and sixth (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM) numeric designations survive as occasional synonyms in current terminology.
Terms: Exanthema Preferred Term
Term UI T015531
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Exanthem
Term UI T015530
Date03/30/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Rash
Term UI T015532
Date10/29/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Skin Rash
Term UI T015533
Date10/29/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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