 Elephantiasis
"Elephantiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Hypertrophy and thickening of tissues from causes other than filarial infection, the latter being described as ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL.
| Descriptor ID |
D004604
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C15.604.496.320
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| Concept/Terms |
Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa- Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa
- Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosas
- Nostras Verrucosa, Elephantiasis
- Nostras Verrucosas, Elephantiasis
- Verrucosa, Elephantiasis Nostras
- Verrucosas, Elephantiasis Nostras
Podoconiosis- Podoconiosis
- Podoconioses
- Microcrystal Disease
- Disease, Microcrystal
- Diseases, Microcrystal
- Microcrystal Diseases
- Mossy foot
- Mossy foots
- foot, Mossy
- foots, Mossy
- Lymphostatic Verrucosis
- Lymphostatic Verrucoses
- Verrucoses, Lymphostatic
- Verrucosis, Lymphostatic
Endemic Elephantiasis- Endemic Elephantiasis
- Elephantiases, Endemic
- Elephantiasis, Endemic
- Endemic Elephantiases
Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiasis- Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiasis
- Elephantiases, Endemic Non-Filarial
- Elephantiasis, Endemic Non-Filarial
- Endemic Non Filarial Elephantiasis
- Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiases
- Non-Filarial Elephantiases, Endemic
- Non-Filarial Elephantiasis, Endemic
Bigfoot Disease- Bigfoot Disease
- Bigfoot Diseases
- Disease, Bigfoot
- Diseases, Bigfoot
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| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elephantiasis" by people in Profiles.
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Akturk HK, Gbadamosi-Akindele M. Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Mar 28; 2014.
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Good LM, Francis SO, High WA. Scrotal elephantiasis secondary to hidradenitis suppurativa. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 May; 64(5):993-4.
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Berngard SC, Narayanan V. Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa of the pannus. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Jul; 26(7):810.
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