title: Pityriasis rubra pilaris in black South Africans.
abstract: Eighteen black South African patients with pityriasis rubra pilaris were prospectively studied, nine adults and nine children; patients with the classical types (namely I and III) constituted 75% of the group. Follicular involvement was very prominent, especially in the children with type III, but otherwise the clinical and histological findings did not differ from those reported in white patients. This is the first series of black African patients with this condition to be reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Jacyk
mesh_terms: D017255:Acitretin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018450:Disease Progression; D004643:Emollients / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007641:Keratolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010916:Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013019:South Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016312:Treatment Refusal
chemical_list: D003879:Dermatologic Agents; D004643:Emollients; D007641:Keratolytic Agents; D017255:Acitretin; D008727:Methotrexate