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MeSH Heading: Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia
Tree Number(s): C07.465.342
Unique ID: D017573
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017573
Scope Note: Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the lips, tongue, and less commonly, the buccal mucosa, floor of the mouth, and palate, presenting soft, painless, round to oval sessile papules about 1 to 4 mm in diameter. The condition usually occurs in children and young adults and has familial predilection, lasting for several months, sometimes years, before running its course. A viral etiology is suspected, the isolated organism being usually the human papillomavirus. (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry; Belshe, Textbook of Human Virology, 2d ed, p954)
Entry Term(s): Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia, Oral; Heck Disease; Heck's Disease; Hyperplasia, Focal Epithelial
Previous Indexing: Hyperplasia (1966-1993); Mouth Diseases (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

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chemically induced (CI)

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diet therapy (DH)

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immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

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pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0026635
Scope Note: Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the lips, tongue, and less commonly, the buccal mucosa, floor of the mouth, and palate, presenting soft, painless, round to oval sessile papules about 1 to 4 mm in diameter. The condition usually occurs in children and young adults and has familial predilection, lasting for several months, sometimes years, before running its course. A viral etiology is suspected, the isolated organism being usually the human papillomavirus. (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry; Belshe, Textbook of Human Virology, 2d ed, p954)
Terms: Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia Preferred Term
Term UI T052694
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia, Oral
Term UI T812091
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013); Heck Disease
Term UI T052695
Date07/02/1992
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Heck's Disease
Term UI T052696
Date06/11/1992
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Hyperplasia, Focal Epithelial
Term UI T052693
Date06/11/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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