Description
seborrheic dermatitis: A dermatitis that is an inflammatory skin condition resulting in flaky, white to yellowish scales on oily areas such as the scalp or inside the ear, which is caused due to a combination of an over production of skin oil and irritation from a yeast Malassezia furfur. The symptoms include itching, skin lesions and scales, redness, plaques and hair loss.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
L12_SEBORRHOEIC |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: L21, ICD-9: 690, ICD-8: 690|70630 |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: L21, ICD-9: 690, ICD-8: 690|70630 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy |
3 |
| First defined in version |
DF2 |
Ontology