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Incontinentia pigmenti inherited from a father with a low level atypical IKBKG deletion mosaicism: a case report.
BMC pediatrics - 29 Jun 2022
Kawai Miki, Sugimoto Atsuya, Ishihara Yasunori, Kato Takema, Kurahashi Hiroki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is an X-liked dominant genodermatosis caused by mutations of the IKBKG/NEMO gene. IP is mostly lethal in males in utero, and only very rare male cases with a somatic mosaic mutation or a 47,XXY karyotype have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: We here report a case of an IKBKG gene deletion in a female infant presenting with a few blisters and erythema in her upper arms at...
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