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Actinic keratosis

Actinic keratosis (AK), sometimes called solar keratosis or senile keratosis, is a pre-cancerous area of thick, scaly, or crusty skin. Actinic keratosis is a disorder (-osis) of epidermal keratinocytes that is induced by ultraviolet (UV) light exposure (actin-).

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Other names
Solar keratosis, senile keratosis (SK)
Specialty
Dermatology

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Actinic keratosis

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Triples113
Avg. degree1.99
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Actinic keratosis

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has cause · 16
Actinic keratosis → CD95, DNA, Dysregulation, Evidence, HPV, HPV-DNA, Mutation, Other, RNA, Similar, The, The HPV, This, TNF-related, TRAIL, UV
related to Other risk factors · 16
Actinic keratosis → AIDS, AK, Balding, Bloom, Certain, DNA, Examples, Genodermatoses, HPV, Human, Immunosuppression, People, The, They, This, UV
related to Variants · 13
Actinic keratosis → Actinic, Atrophic, Bowen's, Bowenoid, Classic, HAK, HAKs, Hypertrophic, Pigmented, They, This, Usually, When
related to Prognosis · 11
Actinic keratosis → Actinic, Despite, In, Progression, Recurrence, Regression, Reported, SCC, SCCs, The, Untreated
related to Ultraviolet radiation · 10
Actinic keratosis → Both UV-A, DNA, Eventually, In, It, RNA, Several, UV, UV-A, UV-B
related to Diagnosis · 7
Actinic keratosis → Actinic, Histological, However, In, Physicians, SCC, SCCs
related to Epidemiology · 6
Actinic keratosis → Actinic, It, Men, Other, These, UV
related to Biopsy · 5
Actinic keratosis → If, Punch, SCCs, The, When
related to Clinical course · 5
Actinic keratosis → Actinic, Although, Given, Left, Often
related to Management · 5
Actinic keratosis → Actinic, Adding, As, Regular, There

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actinic keratosis keratoses treatment skin lesions lesion often may radiation cell sun found development topical carcinoma risk biopsy uv squamous

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Actinic keratosisOther namesSolar keratosis, senile keratosis (SK)1.00infobox
Actinic keratosisSpecialtyDermatology1.00infobox
Actinic keratosisis adisorder0.90text
arachidonic acidinstance ofof actinic keratosis lesion skin samples.UV radiation has also been shown to cause elevated inflammatory markers0.80text
as well as other molecules associated with inflammationinstance ofof actinic keratosis lesion skin samples.UV radiation has also been shown to cause elevated inflammatory markers0.80text
abnormally large nucleiinstance ofcytologic atypia0.80text
and a mild chronic inflammatory infiltrate.Specific findings depend on the clinical variantinstance ofcytologic atypia0.80text
particular lesion characteristicsinstance ofcytologic atypia0.80text
hatsinstance ofas this allows time for the sunscreen to be absorbed appropriately by the skinWearing sun protective clothing0.80text
sunglassesinstance ofas this allows time for the sunscreen to be absorbed appropriately by the skinWearing sun protective clothing0.80text
long-sleeved shirtsinstance ofas this allows time for the sunscreen to be absorbed appropriately by the skinWearing sun protective clothing0.80text
long skirtsinstance ofas this allows time for the sunscreen to be absorbed appropriately by the skinWearing sun protective clothing0.80text

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