Contact Hypersensitivity

Preferred Label : Contact Hypersensitivity;

NCIt definition : Contact hypersensitivity is an inflammatory response induced by antigen-reactive T cells that are exposed to antigen on the skin surface (epidermis). Poison ivy is a frequent cause of such reactivity, due to the urushiol from the plant, as are a variety of antigens derived from industrial exposure (e.g. rubber, chromate, nickel). These antigens induce the appearance of Th1-like T cells, which presumably produce IFN to activate macrophages.;

Details

Origin ID

C3668;

UMLS CUI

C0162351;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Contact hypersensitivity [PASCAL descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Contact hypersensitivity (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- contact dermatitis [Disease (Nov.)]
- contact hypersensitivity [SNOMED Notion]
- dermatitis, contact [MeSH Descriptor]
- hypersensitivity, contact [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Pathologic Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Contact hypersensitivity (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- contact hypersensitivity [SNOMED Notion]
- hypersensitivity, contact [MeSH concept]

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