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Cutis laxa: autosomal dominant inheritance in five generations
1 May 1991
Abstract excerpt
Cutis laxa is described in three cases: a 17-year-old man, his mother and his maternal grandmother. The onset of skin symptoms occurred from puberty to early adulthood. The skin was loose-hanging, wrinkled and without elasticity. X-ray examination showed numerous gastrointestinal diverticulae in the two older patients, and both had been operated on for abdominal hernia and genital prolapse. There were no...
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