Diseases

Vesiculobullous Skin Diseases

Skin diseases characterized by local or general distributions of blisters. They are classified according to the site and mode of blister formation. Lesions can appear spontaneously or be precipitated by infection, trauma, or sunlight. Etiologies include immunologic and genetic factors. (From Scientific American Medicine, 1990)

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Abstract

Skin diseases characterized by local or general distributions of blisters. They are classified according to the site and mode of blister formation. Lesions can appear spontaneously or be precipitated by infection, trauma, or sunlight. Etiologies include immunologic and genetic factors. (From Scientific American Medicine, 1990)

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Synonyms

23 entry terms
  • Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous
  • Vesiculobullous Dermatoses
  • Dermatoses, Vesiculobullous
  • Skin Disease, Vesiculobullous
  • Vesiculobullous Skin Disease
  • Bullous Dermatoses
  • Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Pustular Dermatosis, Subcorneal
  • Skin Diseases, Bullous
  • Skin Diseases, Vesicular
  • Sneddon-Wilkinson Disease
  • Subcorneal Pustular Dermatosis
  • Vesicular Skin Diseases
  • Bullous Skin Disease
  • Dermatoses, Bullous
  • Dermatoses, Subcorneal Pustular
  • Dermatosis, Subcorneal Pustular
  • Pustular Dermatoses, Subcorneal
  • Skin Disease, Bullous
  • Skin Disease, Vesicular
  • Sneddon Wilkinson Disease
  • Subcorneal Pustular Dermatoses
  • Vesicular Skin 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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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse entry term SNEDDON-WILKINSON DISEASE with SNEDDON SYNDROME

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History Note

91; SKIN DISEASES, BULLOUS was heading 1976-90 & was NON MESH before 1976; ERYTHRODERMA ICHTHYOSIFORME was see under ICHTHYOSIS 1963-78

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Previous Indexing

  • specific skin disease (1966-1975)

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WR 200

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vesiculobullous Skin Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012872. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012872
  2. Vesiculobullous Skin Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesiculobullous_disease
  3. Vesiculobullous Skin Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7923229