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Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria (reticulate acropigmentation of Dohi): report of a Japanese family with the condition and a literature review of 185 cases.
- Source :
- British Journal of Dermatology; Mar1999, Vol. 140 Issue 3, p491-496, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- We report a Japanese family with dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria (DSH) (MIM 127400 in McKusick's Mendelian Inheritance in Man), a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis, predominantly occurring among Japanese and Korean individuals. Members of the present family affected with the disease showed a mixture of hyperpigmented and hypopigmented macules distributed on the face and the dorsal aspects of the extremities, which are typical of DSH. As most of the literature on DSH has been written in Japanese, dermatologists outside Japan are not familiar with the condition. In this paper, 185 cases of DSH, most of them reported in Japanese, are reviewed and unique clinical, histological and genetic features of this condition are delineated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SKIN disease genetics
PIGMENTATION disorders
JAPANESE people
DISEASES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00070963
- Volume :
- 140
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Dermatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 5303408
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02716.x