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Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris
Tree Number(s)
C17.800.859.600.685
Unique ID
D010916
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010916
Scope Note
A chronic skin disease characterized by small follicular papules, disseminated reddish-brown scaly patches, and often, palmoplantar hyperkeratosis. The papules are about the size of a pin and topped by a horny plug.
Previous Indexing
Dermatitis, Exfoliative (1966)
Public MeSH Note
67; was PITYRIASIS RUBRA see under DERMATITIS EXFOLIATIVA 1963-66
Online Note
use DERMATITIS EXFOLIATIVA to search PITYRIASIS RUBRA 1966
History Note
67; was PITYRIASIS RUBRA see under DERMATITIS EXFOLIATIVA 1963-66
Date Established
1967/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2012/07/03
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