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MeSH Heading: Tinea Capitis
Tree Number(s): C01.150.703.302.720.730; C01.800.200.720.730; C17.800.738.708; C17.800.838.208.883.558
Unique ID: D014006
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014006
Scope Note: Ringworm of the scalp and associated hair mainly caused by species of MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON; and EPIDERMOPHYTON, which may occasionally involve the eyebrows and eyelashes.
Entry Term(s): Kerion Celsi; Tinea Capitis Profunda; Trichophytia Profunda Barbae; Trichophytia Profunda Capitis
NLM Classification #: WR 330
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

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)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0021564
Scope Note: Ringworm of the scalp and associated hair mainly caused by species of MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON; and EPIDERMOPHYTON, which may occasionally involve the eyebrows and eyelashes.
Terms: Tinea Capitis Preferred Term
Term UI T041081
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Trichophytia Profunda Barbae
Term UI T839349
Date03/28/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Trichophytia Profunda Capitis
Term UI T839350
Date03/28/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Tinea Capitis Profunda
Term UI T839348
Date03/28/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010)

Tinea Capitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2023