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Acitretin-responsive ichthyosis in Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome with a novel mutation in the ABHD5/CGI-58 gene.
Pediatric dermatology - 1 Jan 2000
Srinivasaraghavan Rangan, Krishnamurthy Sriram, Chandar Rumesh, Cassandrini Denise, Mahadevan Subramanian, Bruno Claudio, Santorelli Filippo M
Abstract excerpt
Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (CDS) is a rare nonlysosomal neutral lipid storage disorder characterized by congenital ichthyosis, lipid vacuoles in leukocytes (Jordan's anomaly), and hepatomegaly. The authors herein report an 18-month-old boy with ichthyosis and hepatomegaly diagnosed with CDS and confirmed to have a novel c.506-3C>G mutation in the ABHD5/CGI-58 gene. Our case also illustrates that retinoids such as...
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