[Keratosis follicularis decalvans: nosological discussion of Siemens' disease. Apropos of 3 cases].
We describe 3 cases of keratosis follicularis decalvans (Siemens' disease): a 15 year old boy and a 7 year old boy and his father. They represent 2 different patterns of the disease with different clinical courses and genetic background: an autosomal dominant type of good prognosis with elevated argininemia and absence of follicular atrophy in both father and son, a sporadic type, clinically severe, with follicular atrophy. This raises the question of the nosology of the so-called Siemens' disease, since it includes actually different diseases of variable prognosis.
Guillet
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Service de dermatologie, CHU Morvan, Brest, France.
Labouche
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Cambazard
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F
Plantin
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P
Gall
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Y
Le Jollec
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A
Zagnoli
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A
Parent
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P
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000151:congenital*; D002648:Child; D007644:Darier Disease / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors
Kératoses folliculaires décalvantes: discussion nosologique de la maladie de Siemens. A propos de trois cas.