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Self‐Healing Collodion Baby: Evidence for Autosomal Recessive Inheritance
Author(s) -
Frenk Edgar,
De Techtermann Francois
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1992.tb01221.x
Subject(s) - collodion , autosomal recessive inheritance , medicine , consanguinity , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , dermatology , genetics , pediatrics , biology , membrane , gene
Five spontaneously healing collodion babies were recorded in a large Swiss kindred. They all had consanguineous parents. Their distribution in the family indicates autosomal recessive inheritance. At birth they had the typical features of collodion babies. The collodion‐like membrane was shed within the first month, leaving a slightly scaly skin for a few weeks. Thereafter the skin remained normal without any evidence of a disorder of cornification.