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Abstract
An idiopathic disorder of the tongue characterized by the loss of filiform papillae leaving reddened areas of circinate macules bound by a white band. The lesions heal, then others erupt.
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- Erythema Migrans, Lingual
- Geographic Tongue
- Glossitis Areata Exfoliativa
- Glossitis, Benign Migratory
- Tongue, Geographic
- Lingual Erythema Migrans
- Migratory Glossitis, Benign
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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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2017 (1965)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Benign Migratory Glossitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005929. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005929
- Benign Migratory Glossitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_tongue
- Benign Migratory Glossitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1981315