Acropigmentation of Kitamura with immigration delay disease: A rare entity

Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura (RAK) is a rare, autosomal dominant disorder first described in Japan characterised by a reticulate pattern of slightly atrophic, angulated, hyperpigmented macules affecting the acral areas of the body. We hereby report a case of RAK in a young Indian male wit...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Sumir, Mahajan, Bharat Bhushan, Kamra, Nidhi, Bhoyar, Pritish A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26009721
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.156415
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author Kumar, Sumir
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description Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura (RAK) is a rare, autosomal dominant disorder first described in Japan characterised by a reticulate pattern of slightly atrophic, angulated, hyperpigmented macules affecting the acral areas of the body. We hereby report a case of RAK in a young Indian male with adermatoglyphia that has not been previously reported in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-44397552015-05-25 Acropigmentation of Kitamura with immigration delay disease: A rare entity Kumar, Sumir Mahajan, Bharat Bhushan Kamra, Nidhi Bhoyar, Pritish A. Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura (RAK) is a rare, autosomal dominant disorder first described in Japan characterised by a reticulate pattern of slightly atrophic, angulated, hyperpigmented macules affecting the acral areas of the body. We hereby report a case of RAK in a young Indian male with adermatoglyphia that has not been previously reported in the literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4439755/ /pubmed/26009721 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.156415 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Acropigmentation of Kitamura with immigration delay disease: A rare entity
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title_full Acropigmentation of Kitamura with immigration delay disease: A rare entity
title_fullStr Acropigmentation of Kitamura with immigration delay disease: A rare entity
title_full_unstemmed Acropigmentation of Kitamura with immigration delay disease: A rare entity
title_short Acropigmentation of Kitamura with immigration delay disease: A rare entity
title_sort acropigmentation of kitamura with immigration delay disease: a rare entity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26009721
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.156415
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