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Published on: November 4, 2010
Youngest netherton patient with infantile asthma
Ebru Kutsal1, Kivilcim Gücüyener, Arzu Bakirtaş
1Department of Children's Health and Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey. ebkut@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Netherton syndrome is a very rare disorder characterized with icthyosis, atopy, bamboo hair and intermittant aminoaciduria. The specifity of clinical and histopathological features of netherton syndrome is low in neonates and young infants who presents with predominating erythrodermia. Being the youngest infant presenting with the symptoms of infantile asthma we found it worth to report a six months old girl presenting with the feature of severe respiratory distress, generalized erythrodermia, and brittle hair.
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