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MeSH Heading: Morgellons Disease
Tree Number(s): C17.800.518; F03.700.412
Unique ID: D055535
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055535
Scope Note: An unexplained illness which is characterized by skin manifestations including non-healing lesions, itching, and the appearance of fibers.
Entry Term(s): Morgellon's; Morgellons; Morgellons Syndrome
Previous Indexing: Skin Diseases, Parasitic (2006-2008)
See Also: Delusional Parasitosis
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

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)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0518290
Scope Note: An unexplained illness which is characterized by skin manifestations including non-healing lesions, itching, and the appearance of fibers.
Terms: Morgellons Disease Preferred Term
Term UI T714257
Date02/11/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Morgellon's
Term UI T741072
Date02/24/2009
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Morgellons
Term UI T741071
Date02/24/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Morgellons Syndrome
Term UI T714258
Date02/11/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009)

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