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ROBERT R. KIERLAND, M.D.; MYRON H. KULWIN, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1950;61(6):925-930.

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DESPITE the fact that pityriasis rubra pilaris was first described almost a hundred years ago,¹ there are still many gaps in knowledge of the clinical course, extracutaneous manifestations and pathogenesis of the disease. Our interest was recently drawn to this subject when we saw, within a relatively short time, 2 patients in whom a diagnosis of pityriasis rubra pilaris had been made, both of whom presented clinical evidence of concomitant neuromuscular disease. We felt, therefore, that a review of a larger group of cases of pityriasis rubra pilaris might shed further light on this interesting observation. This report represents a clinical analysis of 58 cases in which a diagnosis of pityriasis rubra pilaris was made at the Mayo Clinic.

The first reported treatment of this disease with vitamins was that of Pettler,² who had 2 patients, both of whom had been on vitamin- . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Fellow in Dermatology and Syphilology, Mayo Foundation ROCHESTER, MINN.

Footnotes
From the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology, Mayo Clinic.

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