Skin Diseases, Metabolic
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Diseases of the skin associated with underlying metabolic disorders. |
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GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; DF: SKIN DIS METAB |
| Previously Indexed: |
Skin Diseases (1972-1997) |
Skin Diseases, Metabolic Categories.
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Adiposis Dolorosa - A rare disease, believed to be autosomal dominant, manifested by fatty deposits that press on nerves causing weakness and pain. |
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Lipodystrophy - A collection of rare conditions resulting from defective fat metabolism and characterized by atrophy of the subcutaneous fat. They include total, congenital or acquired, partial, abdominal infantile, and localized lipodystrophy. |
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Porphyria - A group of disorders characterized by the excessive production of porphyrins or their precursors that arises from abnormalities in the regulation of the porphyrin-heme pathway. Aquired pophyrias, which are due to inhibition of enzymes in the metabolic pathway by a drug, toxin or abnormal metabolite, are more common than those which are inherited. |
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Xanthomatosis - A condition of morphologic change in which there is accumulation of lipids in the large foam cells of tissues. It is the cutaneous manifestation of lipidosis in which plasma fatty acids and lipoproteins are quantitatively changed. The xanthomatous eruptions have several different distinct morphologies dependent upon the specific form taken by the disease. |
Skin Diseases, Metabolic Definitions and Terms
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