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A form of panniculitis characterized by recurrent episodes of fever accompanied by the eruption of single or multiple erythematous subcutaneous nodules on the lower extremities. They normally resolve, but tend to leave depressions in the skin. The condition is most often seen in women, alone or in association with other disorders.
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- Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative
- Weber-Christian Disease
- Disease, Weber-Christian
- Nodular Nonsuppurative Panniculitides
- Nonsuppurative Panniculitides, Nodular
- Nonsuppurative Panniculitis, Nodular
- Panniculitides, Nodular Nonsuppurative
- Weber Christian Disease
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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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65; was PANNICULITIS 1963-64
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- National Library of Medicine. Nodular Nonsuppurative Panniculitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010201. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010201
- Nodular Nonsuppurative Panniculitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber%E2%80%93Christian_disease
- Nodular Nonsuppurative Panniculitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9190356