KERATOSIS-FOLLICULARIS SPINULOSA DECALVANS - REPORT OF A NEW PEDIGREE

Authors
HERD RM BENTON EC
Citation
Rm. Herd et Ec. Benton, KERATOSIS-FOLLICULARIS SPINULOSA DECALVANS - REPORT OF A NEW PEDIGREE, British journal of dermatology, 134(1), 1996, pp. 138-142
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
134
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
138 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1996)134:1<138:KSD-RO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans is a rare, X-linked genoder matosis characterized by follicular hyperkeratosis, scarring alopecia of the scalp, eyebrows and eyelashes, corneal dystrophy and photophobi a. We describe two cases from a large family, the first with Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans to be reported in the U.K.