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MALIGNANT ATROPHIC PAPULOSIS (DEGOS' DISEASE) TWO CASES OCCURRING IN THE SAME FAMILY
Author(s) -
HALLSMITH PATRICK
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1969.tb15949.x
Subject(s) - disease , pathogenesis , medicine , dermatology , pathology
SUMMARY.— Malignant atrophic papulosis occurring in mother and son is described. Hitherto this condition has not been described in 2 members of the same family nor, to our knowledge, have there been previously reported cases from the U.K. Genetic and environmental factors involved in the pathogenesis of this disease are discussed.