"Incontinentia Pigmenti" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genodermatosis occurring mostly in females and characterized by skin changes in three phases - vesiculobullous, verrucous papillomatous, and macular melanodermic. Hyperpigmentation is bizarre and irregular. Sixty percent of patients have abnormalities of eyes, teeth, central nervous system, and skin appendages.
| Descriptor ID |
D007184
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.131.077.445 C16.131.831.580 C16.320.850.420 C17.800.621.497 C17.800.804.580 C17.800.827.420
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| Concept/Terms |
Incontinentia Pigmenti- Incontinentia Pigmenti
- Bloch-Siemens-Sulzberger Syndrome
- Bloch-Siemens Syndrome
- Bloch-Sulzberger Syndrome
- Bloch Sulzberger Syndrome
- Syndrome, Bloch-Sulzberger
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incontinentia Pigmenti" by people in Profiles.
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Isolated corneal findings in incontinentia pigmenti. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2009 Nov-Dec; 46(6):381.
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Survival of male patients with incontinentia pigmenti carrying a lethal mutation can be explained by somatic mosaicism or Klinefelter syndrome. Am J Hum Genet. 2001 Dec; 69(6):1210-7.