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Descriptor English:   Hyperpigmentation 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hiperpigmentación 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Hiperpigmentação 
Synonyms English:   Hypermelanoses
Hypermelanosis  
Tree Number:   C17.800.621.430
Definition English:   Excessive pigmentation of the skin, usually as a result of increased epidermal or dermal melanin pigmentation, hypermelanosis. Hyperpigmentation can be localized or generalized. The condition may arise from exposure to light, chemicals or other substances, or from a primary metabolic imbalance. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse with HYPOPIGMENTATION
History Note English:   93 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   30694 
Unique Identifier:   D017495 

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