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A degenerative disease of the dermal connective tissue characterized by the development of erythematous papules or nodules in the pretibial area. The papules form plaques covered with telangiectatic vessels. More than half of the affected patients have diabetes.
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- Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum
- Diabeticorum, Necrobiosis Lipoidica
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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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note entry term NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA DIABETICORUM: do not index also under DIABETES MELLITUS unless particularly discussed
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- National Library of Medicine. Necrobiosis Lipoidica. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009335. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009335
- Necrobiosis Lipoidica. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrobiosis_lipoidica
- Necrobiosis Lipoidica. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q905619