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Dermotoxins MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Dermotoxins
Tree Number(s)
D27.888.569.242
Unique ID
D003885
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003885
Annotation
/antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS; coord IM with source of dermotoxin (IM or NIM); do not use for dermatoxicity of various chemicals & drugs ( = SKIN /‌drug eff or skin dis heading /‌chem ind + Cat D term /‌adv eff-pois-tox)
Scope Note
Specific substances elaborated by plants, microorganisms or animals that cause damage to the skin; they may be proteins or other specific factors or substances; constituents of spider, jellyfish or other venoms cause dermonecrosis and certain bacteria synthesize dermolytic agents.
Entry Term(s)
Dermatotoxins
Epidermotoxins
Previous Indexing
Skin (1966-1977)
specific skin heading (1966-1977)
Toxins (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note
78
History Note
78
Date Established
1978/01/01
Date of Entry
1977/04/22
Revision Date
2005/06/30
Dermotoxins Preferred
Epidermotoxins Related
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