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Incontinentia pigmenti in a newborn with NEMO mutation.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Feb 2011
Lee Young, Kim Sooyeon, Kim Kyunghee, Chang Meayoung
Abstract excerpt
Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) (OMIM #308300) is a rare X-linked dominant neuroectodermal multisystemic syndrome due to mutations in the gene for NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO). A term newborn girl who was born with erythematous vesicular eruptions developed recurrent seizures during the first and second weeks of her life. The serial MRIs demonstrated diffuse, progressive brain infarctions and subsequent...
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