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Misnomers in Dermatology: An Update
The name of a condition in dermatology, gives a clue regarding the clinical feature, etiology, or histopathology of the disease. A disease might have been termed wrongly due to its resemblance to another known condition. Misnomers often mislead a physician regarding the etiology or histopathology of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24249901 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.119962 |
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author | Savitha, Somaiah A Sacchidanand, Sarvajnamurthy A Gowda, Shilpa K |
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description | The name of a condition in dermatology, gives a clue regarding the clinical feature, etiology, or histopathology of the disease. A disease might have been termed wrongly due to its resemblance to another known condition. Misnomers often mislead a physician regarding the etiology or histopathology of the condition. Here is a list of misnomers, with explanation, and the appropriate name in parentheses. |
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spelling | pubmed-38275212013-11-18 Misnomers in Dermatology: An Update Savitha, Somaiah A Sacchidanand, Sarvajnamurthy A Gowda, Shilpa K Indian J Dermatol Resident's Page The name of a condition in dermatology, gives a clue regarding the clinical feature, etiology, or histopathology of the disease. A disease might have been termed wrongly due to its resemblance to another known condition. Misnomers often mislead a physician regarding the etiology or histopathology of the condition. Here is a list of misnomers, with explanation, and the appropriate name in parentheses. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3827521/ /pubmed/24249901 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.119962 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Resident's Page Savitha, Somaiah A Sacchidanand, Sarvajnamurthy A Gowda, Shilpa K Misnomers in Dermatology: An Update |
title | Misnomers in Dermatology: An Update |
title_full | Misnomers in Dermatology: An Update |
title_fullStr | Misnomers in Dermatology: An Update |
title_full_unstemmed | Misnomers in Dermatology: An Update |
title_short | Misnomers in Dermatology: An Update |
title_sort | misnomers in dermatology: an update |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24249901 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.119962 |
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