Dermatology

Dermatology

The branch of medicine that deals with the skin and diseases affecting the skin.

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Dermatology

donor site

Health care; Dermatology

This is a body area where the skin, fat or muscle is harvested to reconstruct a specific body parts like in burn patients. It is usually harvested in the less exposed areas of the body.

recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

Health care; Dermatology

Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa is an inherited disorder of skin and mucous membranes characterized by blistering and scarring after minor mechanical trauma.

induced pluripotent stem cells

Health care; Dermatology

Induced pluripotent stem or(iPS) cells are human somatic cells that have been reprogrammed to achieve a pluripotent state.

reversion

Health care; Dermatology

Reversion is the process by which mutant DNA is changed so that the protein inactivated by the first mutation is reactivated by the second.

phenotype

Health care; Dermatology

Phenotype is defined as an organism's expressed physical traits. Phenotype is determined by an individual's genotype and expressed genes, random genetic variation, and environmental ...

collagen

Health care; Dermatology

Collagen is the major insoluble fibrous protein in the extracellular matrix and in connective tissue and it is the single most abundant protein in the animal kingdom.

somatic mosaicism

Health care; Dermatology

Somatic mosaicism is the presence of genetically distinct populations of somatic cells in a given organism. Mosaicism can be caused by DNA mutations, epigenetic alterations of DNA, chromosomal ...