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Excessive pigmentation of the skin, usually as a result of increased epidermal or dermal melanin pigmentation, hypermelanosis. Hyperpigmentation can be localized or generalized. The condition may arise from exposure to light, chemicals or other substances, or from a primary metabolic imbalance.
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- Hypermelanosis
- Hypermelanoses
- Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation
- Hyperpigmentation, Post-Inflammatory
- Hyperpigmentations, Post-Inflammatory
- Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation
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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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do not confuse with HYPOPIGMENTATION
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- Pigmentation Disorders (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hyperpigmentation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017495. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017495
- Hyperpigmentation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperpigmentation
- Hyperpigmentation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1641068