A Case of Inflammatory Generalized Type of Peeling Skin Syndrome Possibly Caused by a Homozygous Missense Mutation of CDSN

A Case of Inflammatory Generalized Type of Peeling Skin Syndrome Possibly Caused by a Homozygous Missense Mutation of CDSN

A 54-year-old Japanese woman had repetitive superficial skin peeling and ensuing erythematous changes in the sites since infancy. Her parents had a consanguineous marriage, and she was the only individual affected in her family tree. The erythematous changes seemed to worsen in the summer. Histologi...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Kawakami, Masaki Uchiyama, Tatsuo Maeda, Takahiko Tsunoda, Yoshihiko Mitsuhashi, Ryoji Tsuboi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatology
Subjects:
Inflammatory generalized peeling skin syndrome
CDSN
Corneodesmosomes
Homozygous missense mutation
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/368823

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