"Dermatitis Herpetiformis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Rare, chronic, papulo-vesicular disease characterized by an intensely pruritic eruption consisting of various combinations of symmetrical, erythematous, papular, vesicular, or bullous lesions. The disease is strongly associated with the presence of HLA-B8 and HLA-DR3 antigens. A variety of different autoantibodies has been detected in small numbers in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis.
| Descriptor ID |
D003874
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.174.360 C17.800.865.360 C20.111.318
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| Concept/Terms |
Dermatitis Herpetiformis- Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- Duhring's Disease
- Disease, Duhring's
- Duhrings Disease
- Duhring Disease
- Disease, Duhring
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