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MeSH Heading: Incontinentia Pigmenti
Tree Number(s): C16.131.077.445; C16.131.831.580; C16.320.850.420; C17.800.621.497; C17.800.804.580; C17.800.827.420
Unique ID: D007184
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007184
Annotation: multiple skin & other abnorm; do not confuse with INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI ACHROMIANS see PIGMENTATION DISORDERS
Scope Note: A genodermatosis occurring mostly in females and characterized by skin changes in three phases - vesiculobullous, verrucous papillomatous, and macular melanodermic. Hyperpigmentation is bizarre and irregular. Sixty percent of patients have abnormalities of eyes, teeth, central nervous system, and skin appendages.
Entry Term(s): Bloch-Siemens Syndrome; Bloch-Siemens-Sulzberger Syndrome; Bloch-Sulzberger Syndrome
Previous Indexing: Pigmentation Disorders (1966-1986)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under PIGMENTATION DISORDERS 1987-90
History Note: 91(87); was see under PIGMENTATION DISORDERS 1987-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/04/03
Revision Date: 2016/07/01

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Concept UI: M0011200
Scope Note: A genodermatosis occurring mostly in females and characterized by skin changes in three phases - vesiculobullous, verrucous papillomatous, and macular melanodermic. Hyperpigmentation is bizarre and irregular. Sixty percent of patients have abnormalities of eyes, teeth, central nervous system, and skin appendages.
Terms: Incontinentia Pigmenti Preferred Term
Term UI T021542
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Bloch-Sulzberger Syndrome
Term UI T021541
Date04/03/1986
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Bloch-Siemens Syndrome
Term UI T841739
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Bloch-Siemens-Sulzberger Syndrome
Term UI T841740
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID GHR (2014)

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