"Elephantiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Hypertrophy and thickening of tissues from causes other than filarial infection, the latter being described as ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL.
| Descriptor ID |
D004604
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C15.604.496.320
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| Concept/Terms |
Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa- Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa
- Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosas
- Nostras Verrucosa, Elephantiasis
- Nostras Verrucosas, Elephantiasis
- Verrucosa, Elephantiasis Nostras
- Verrucosas, Elephantiasis Nostras
Podoconiosis- Podoconiosis
- Podoconioses
- Microcrystal Disease
- Disease, Microcrystal
- Diseases, Microcrystal
- Microcrystal Diseases
- Mossy foot
- Mossy foots
- foot, Mossy
- foots, Mossy
- Lymphostatic Verrucosis
- Lymphostatic Verrucoses
- Verrucoses, Lymphostatic
- Verrucosis, Lymphostatic
Endemic Elephantiasis- Endemic Elephantiasis
- Elephantiases, Endemic
- Elephantiasis, Endemic
- Endemic Elephantiases
Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiasis- Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiasis
- Elephantiases, Endemic Non-Filarial
- Elephantiasis, Endemic Non-Filarial
- Endemic Non Filarial Elephantiasis
- Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiases
- Non-Filarial Elephantiases, Endemic
- Non-Filarial Elephantiasis, Endemic
Bigfoot Disease- Bigfoot Disease
- Bigfoot Diseases
- Disease, Bigfoot
- Diseases, Bigfoot
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elephantiasis" by people in Profiles.
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Olanipekun T, Qin H, Fransua M. Podoconiosis: Nonfilarial endemic elephantiasis. Eur J Intern Med. 2018 08; 54:e5-e6.
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Ayode D, McBride CM, de Heer H, Watanabe E, Gebreyesus T, Tadele G, Tora A, Davey G. The association of beliefs about heredity with preventive and interpersonal behaviors in communities affected by podoconiosis in rural Ethiopia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Oct; 87(4):623-30.