14Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving specific cutaneous structures
Disorders of the epidermis or epidermal appendages
Disorders of epidermal integrity
EE21
category
Epidermal fragility
Definition Epidermal fragility of unknown or unspecified cause resulting in reduced resistance to mechanical stress and manifesting as abnormal fissuring, erosion or blistering of the skin surface.
Also indexed as
Epidermal fragility
Nearby in Disorders of epidermal integrity
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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