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Mild clinical phenotype of Kindler syndrome associated with late diagnosis and skin cancer.
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2010
Has C, Burger B, Volz A, Kohlhase J, Bruckner-Tuderman L, Itin P
Abstract excerpt
Kindler syndrome (KS) is a heritable skin disorder with a complex phenotype consisting of congenital skin blistering, photosensitivity, progressive generalized poikiloderma and extensive skin atrophy. Here we describe 2 siblings with KS, who are, to the best of our knowledge, the oldest patients reported so far in the literature. The diagnosis was established in their seventh and eighth decades of life, and...
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