Restrictive dermopathy with distinct morphological abnormalities.
A newborn child is described with the fetal hypokinesia sequence as a consequence of a restrictive dermopathy. Remarkable findings in this infant were neonatal teeth and survival till age 4 months. Ultrastructural examination of the skin showed thin epidermis and absence of elastic fibres.
Van Hoestenberghe
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Leuven, Belgium.
Legius
E
E
Vandevoorde
W
W
Eykens
A
A
Jaeken
J
J
Eggermont
E
E
Devos
R
R
De Wolf-Peeters
C
C
Fryns
J P
JP
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*