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Mesh term Incontinentia Pigmenti

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Abnormalities, Multiple
Pigmentation Disorders
Skin Abnormalities
Skin Diseases, Genetic

Description

A genodermatosis occurring mostly in females and characterized by skin changes in three phases - vesiculobullous, verrucous papillomatous, and macular melanodermic. Hyperpigmentation is bizarre and irregular. Sixty percent of patients have abnormalities of eyes, teeth, central nervous system, and skin appendages.



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