loading...| Preferred Name | shingles | |
| Synonyms |
herpes zona postherpetic neuralgia herpes zoster |
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| Definitions |
acute infectious, usually self-limited, disease believed to represent activation of latent varicella zoster virus in those who have been rendered partially immune after a previous attack of chickenpox; it involves the sensory ganglia and their areas of innervation and is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area. |
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| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/3099-9793 |
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| altLabel |
herpes zona postherpetic neuralgia herpes zoster |
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| cui |
C0019360 C0032768 |
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| definition |
acute infectious, usually self-limited, disease believed to represent activation of latent varicella zoster virus in those who have been rendered partially immune after a previous attack of chickenpox; it involves the sensory ganglia and their areas of innervation and is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area. |
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| DID |
3099-9793 |
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| Inverse of RB | ||
| Inverse of RO | ||
| notation |
3099-9793 |
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| prefLabel |
shingles |
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| tui |
T047 |
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