[Aquagenic palmar keratoderma in a patient heterozygous for the mutation c.3197G>C in the CFTR gene].

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BACKGROUND: Aquagenic palmar keratoderma is an entity recently described in the literature by English and McCollough in 1996. It is a rare condition affecting young women and is of unknown incidence. It causes a wrinkled and oedematous appearance in the skin of the hands that may be seen a few minutes after immersion in water. This condition may be associated with a heterozygous mutation in CFTR, the gene...

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