title: Lethal congenital erythroderma: a newly recognised genetic disorder.
abstract: We report 4 patients and their extended families comprising 17 cases, all of whom had congenital exfoliative erythroderma resistant to treatment, associated with failure to thrive and hypoalbuminaemia. All died in the first year of life. This condition appears to be inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and the underlying defect remains unknown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospitals for Sick Children, London, UK.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Shield
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Judge
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reardon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baraitser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nohria
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D003241:Consanguinity; D003873:Dermatitis, Exfoliative / Q000151:congenital / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree