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Arch Dermatol. 2003;139:1206-1208.

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THE CLINICAL and genetic particularities of incontinentia pigmenti (IP) have attracted the attention of many authors since the X-linked dominant, male-lethal transmission of this trait was discovered.¹ Lately, the advances of molecular research have yielded fascinating new insights into this disorder.^2-3 As a provocative counterpart, Hadj-Rabia and colleagues⁴ present in this issue an almost exclusively clinical study elaborated in a rather traditional way. Although, in most of cases, the diagnosis was not confirmed by molecular analysis, the authors show that even today working in this manner can provide worthwhile information. Yet, all of the data regarding the frequency of associated anomalies should be taken with great caution because this is a retrospective study. The neonates with a diagnostic label of "incontinentia pigmenti" were not routinely seen by a dermatologist. Rather, the relevant information was obtained by reviewing the medical records of 43 girls and 4 boys referred to a children's . . . [Full Text of this Article]

A NEED FOR BETTER DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA


THE 4 STAGES OF CUTANEOUS INVOLVEMENT

DO CUTANEOUS AND EXTRACUTANEOUS INVOLVEMENT CORRESPOND?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEMO GENE

SKEWING OF X INACTIVATION

ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA OF ZONANA VS IP

IP IN BOYS

THE CLINICIAN'S IMPACT IS STILL NEEDED
Rudolf Happle, MD
Department of Dermatology
Philipp University of Marburg
Deutschhausstrasse 9
D-35033 Marburg, Germany
(e-mail: happle@mailer.uni-marburg.de)

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