title: Management of Darier's disease.
abstract: Darier's disease is an uncommon inherited cutaneous disease which is difficult to manage, especially in adolescence. The warty keratotic papules irritate, smell and look unsightly. Histologically, the condition is characterized by the presence of focal acantholytic dyskeratosis. Treatment is unsatisfactory, particularly in patients with erosive flexural disease, but retinoids reduce the hyperkeratosis. Now the mutation causing Darier's disease has been identified, there is a real possibility of more effective treatment in the future.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, The Churchill, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, UK. sue.burge@ndm.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burge
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000287:Administration, Topical; D007644:Darier Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D012176:Retinoids / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003879:Dermatologic Agents; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012176:Retinoids