 Melanosis
"Melanosis" 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.
Disorders of increased melanin pigmentation that develop without preceding inflammatory disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D008548
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.621.430.530
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| Concept/Terms |
Chloasma- Chloasma
- Chloasmas
- Melasma
- Melasmas
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Melanosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Melanosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanosis" by people in Profiles.
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Colby K, Bhat P, Novais G, Jakobiec FA. Recurrent primary acquired melanosis with atypia involving a clear corneal phacoemulsification wound. Cornea. 2011 Jan; 30(1):114-6.
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Kanoff JM, Colby K. Pigmented deposits on a Boston keratoprosthesis from topical ibopamine. Cornea. 2010 Sep; 29(9):1069-71.
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Stacy RC, Kenyon KR, Jakobiec FA, Colby KA. Conjunctival melanoma arising from primary acquired melanosis in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I. Cornea. 2010 Feb; 29(2):232-4.
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Sugiura M, Colby KA, Mihm MC, Zembowicz A. Low-risk and high-risk histologic features in conjunctival primary acquired melanosis with atypia: Clinicopathologic analysis of 29 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Feb; 31(2):185-92.
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Verret WJ, Chen Y, Ahmed A, Islam T, Parvez F, Kibriya MG, Graziano JH, Ahsan H. A randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial evaluating the effects of vitamin E and selenium on arsenic-induced skin lesions in Bangladesh. J Occup Environ Med. 2005 Oct; 47(10):1026-35.
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Colby KA, Nagel DS. Conjunctival melanoma arising from diffuse primary acquired melanosis in a young black woman. Cornea. 2005 Apr; 24(3):352-5.
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Kimura T, Doi K. Efficacy of hydroquinone in the treatment of cutaneous hyperpigmentation in hairless descendants of Mexican hairless dogs (Xoloitzcuintli). Lab Anim Sci. 1998 Oct; 48(5):469-75.
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