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Giacomo Rabbiosi, MD; Giovanni Borroni, MD; Paolo Pinelli, MD; Vittorio Cosi, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1980;116(7):789-790.

Abstract
• A close association was noted between palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) in nine members of a family in five generations. Clinical, genealogic, electroneurophysiologic, chromosome, urinary amino acid, and histopathologic studies were performed to define the two entities. Charco-Marie-Tooth disease occurred with advancing age in all of the members with PPK, but in none without PPK. Palmoplantar keratoderma and CMT appear to be genetically associated and transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. This is the first report, to our knowledge, of an association between PPK and CMT.

(Arch Dermatol 116:789-790, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Dermatology (Drs Rabbiosi and Borroni) and Neurology (Drs Pinelli and Cosi), University of Pavia, Italy.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 29, 1979.

Reprint requests to Department of Dermatology, University of Pavia, Policlinico S Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy (Dr Rabbiosi).

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