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S. Becker, L. Pautrier, F. Woringer (1932)
A CASE OF XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM: WITH SPECIAL PIGMENT STUDYArchives of Dermatology, 25
G. Mackee, A. Cipollaro (1936)
Skin diseases in children
H. Montgomery, M. Reuter (1932)
XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM: REPORT OF A MILD CASE WITH HISTOPATHOLOGIC STUDIESArchives of Dermatology, 26
J. Belisario (1935)
TWO CASES OF XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM OCCURRING IN THE SAME FAMILYThe Medical Journal of Australia, 2
P. Mumford (1927)
XERODERMA AND ABNORMALITIES OF SKIN TEXTUREArchives of Dermatology, 16
H. Crocker (1915)
Diseases of the SkinGlasgow Medical Journal, 83
Wm. Wilson (2010)
On Diseases of the Skin
F. Lynch (1934)
XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM: A STUDY IN SENSITIVITY TO LIGHTArchives of Dermatology, 29
J. Darier, A. Civatte, A. Tzanck
Précis de dermatologie
J. Macleod (1921)
DISEASES OF THE SKINThe American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 162
E. Corson, F. Knowles (1928)
XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM: UNUSUAL IMPROVEMENT IN ONE MEMBER OF AN AFFECTED FAMILYArchives of Dermatology, 18
H. Goodman, H. Hazen (1903)
Diseases of the SkinThe Indian Medical Gazette, 38
E. Riecke, S. Bettmann
Lehrbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten
G. Andrews (1917)
Diseases of the SkinTexas Medical Journal, 32
Xeroderma pigmentosum is a comparatively rare disease which was first described by Kaposi.1 It is of unknown etiology and probably congenital in origin. Consanguinity of the parents is said to be a predisposing factor. The onset of the disease occurs characteristically during the first year of life. The skin is apparently hypersensitive to light rays of wavelengths between 280 and 310 millimicrons.2 The pathologic condition of the skin shows three stages:3 (1) erythroderma, with mottling and hyperemia, slight puffiness and roughening, (2) pigmentation, with freckle formation, scaling and the formation of transient flat warts, and (3) the appearance of nonmetastasizing epitheliomas, cutaneous atrophy and late contractures of the eyelids, nose and mouth. The course is progressive but usually shows periods of quiescence. The duration of life is, as a rule, not beyond twenty-one years. Death generally results from inanition. Most of the cases of this condition have
American journal of diseases of children – American Medical Association
Published: Apr 1, 1938
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