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Abstract
A term used to describe a variety of localized asymmetrical SKIN thickening that is similar to those of SYSTEMIC SCLERODERMA but without the disease features in the multiple internal organs and BLOOD VESSELS. Lesions may be characterized as patches or plaques (morphea), bands (linear), or nodules.
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- Scleroderma, Circumscribed
- Scleroderma, Localized
- Circumscribed Scleroderma
- Sclerodermas, Localized
- Dermatosclerosis
- Frontal Linear Scleroderma en Coup de Sabre
- Linear Scleroderma
- Morphea
- Scleroderma, Linear
- Morpheas
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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 SCLERODERMA, LIMITED
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History Note
2004 (1971)
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Previous Indexing
- Scleroderma, Systemic (1966-1970)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Localized Scleroderma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012594. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012594
- Localized Scleroderma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphea
- Localized Scleroderma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3324389