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A subgroup of PARAPSORIASIS itself divided into acute and chronic forms. The acute form is characterized by the abrupt onset of a generalized, reddish-brown, maculopapular eruption. Lesions may be vesicular, hemorrhagic, crusted, or necrotic. Histologically the disease is characterized by epidermal necrolysis. The chronic form shows milder skin changes with necrosis.
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- Habermann Disease
- Habermann's Disease
- Mucha-Habermann Disease
- Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica
- Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta
- Pityriasis Lichenoides, Acute
- Pityriasis Lichenoides, Chronic
- Acute Pityriasis Lichenoides
- Chronic Pityriasis Lichenoides
- Disease, Habermann
- Disease, Habermann's
- Disease, Mucha-Habermann
- Habermanns Disease
- Mucha Habermann 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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- Parapsoriasis (1966-1985)
- Pityriasis (1977-1992)
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- National Library of Medicine. Pityriasis Lichenoides. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017514. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017514
- Pityriasis Lichenoides. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pityriasis_lichenoides
- Pityriasis Lichenoides. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7199563