Diseases

Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans

An atrophic and sclerotic condition of the head of the PENIS, glans penis. Sometimes it leads to stenosis and occasionally obliteration of the external meatal orifice.

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An atrophic and sclerotic condition of the head of the PENIS, glans penis. Sometimes it leads to stenosis and occasionally obliteration of the external meatal orifice.

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  • Kraurosis Penis

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2007; use BALANITIS 1963-2006

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Previous Indexing

  • Balanitis (1967-2006)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052798. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052798
  2. Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanitis_xerotica_obliterans
  3. Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4850044