"Acro-Osteolysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition with congenital and acquired forms causing recurrent ulcers in the fingers and toes. The congenital form exhibits autosomal dominant inheritance; the acquired form is found in workers who handle VINYL CHLORIDE. When acro-osteolysis is accompanied by generalized OSTEOPOROSIS and skull deformations, it is called HAJDU-CHENEY SYNDROME.
| Descriptor ID |
D030981
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.099.052 C05.116.264.579.052
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| Concept/Terms |
Acro-Osteolysis- Acro-Osteolysis
- Acro Osteolysis
- Acroosteolysis
- Acroosteolysis Syndrome
- Acro-Osteolysis Syndromes
- Acro-Osteolysis Syndrome
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acro-Osteolysis" by people in Profiles.
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Frech TM, VanBuren JM, Startup E, Assassi S, Bernstein EJ, Castelino FV, Chung L, Correia C, Gordon JK, Hant FN, Hummers L, Khanna D, Sandorfi N, Shah AA, Shanmugam VK, Steen V, Evnin L. Does hand involvement in systemic sclerosis limit completion of patient-reported outcome measures? Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Mar; 40(3):965-971.