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Riga‐Fede Disease Associated with Postanoxic Encephalopathy and Trisomy 21: A Proposed Classification
Author(s) -
DOMINGUESCRUZ JAVIER,
HERRERA ALBERTO,
FERNANDEZCREHUET PABLO,
GARCIABRAVO BEGONA,
CAMACHO FRANCISCI
Publication year - 2007
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.1525-1470.2007.00564.x
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalopathy , trisomy , disease , pathology , pediatrics , genetics , biology
We present a new instance of Riga‐Fede disease in a 2‐year‐old boy with Down syndrome and postanoxic encephalopathy. We propose a classification of the disease, as either “precocious,” associated with natal or neonatal teeth or “late‐onset,” associated with neurologic disease.