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Lipoid Proteinosis
Author(s) -
Caro I.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.1978.17.5.388
Subject(s) - chapel , medicine , dermatology , library science , art history , history , computer science
In 1908, Seibenmann, who was professor of otolaryngology in Basel, Switzerland, reported what appears to be the first case of lipoid proteinosis.1 His patient, a 19-year-old woman, had generalized hyperkeratosis of the skin and thickening of mucosal surfaces, including lips, tongue, soft and hard palate, tonsillar crypts, epiglottis and larynx. Thi s patient had 3 normal sisters. In 1925, Miescher, a Swiss dermatologist, reported 3 similar patients whose parents were first cousins and had a total of 16 children. In 1929, Erich Urbach a dermatologist, and Camillo Wiethe 1