Dyschromias: A Series of Five Interesting Cases from India

Dyschromatosis is a pigmentary genodermatosis which presents with hyper and hypopigmented skin lesions giving a mottled appearance. It is a rare entity in India reported mainly in the East Asian population. Classically, two forms have been described; dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria (DUH) and...

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Autores principales: Namitha, Prabhu, Sacchidanand, S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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E-IJD Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677297
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.169149
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description Dyschromatosis is a pigmentary genodermatosis which presents with hyper and hypopigmented skin lesions giving a mottled appearance. It is a rare entity in India reported mainly in the East Asian population. Classically, two forms have been described; dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria (DUH) and dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria. Here we report four cases of DUH and one case of dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria from India.
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spelling pubmed-46812232015-12-16 Dyschromias: A Series of Five Interesting Cases from India Namitha, Prabhu Sacchidanand, S Indian J Dermatol E-IJD Short Communication Dyschromatosis is a pigmentary genodermatosis which presents with hyper and hypopigmented skin lesions giving a mottled appearance. It is a rare entity in India reported mainly in the East Asian population. Classically, two forms have been described; dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria (DUH) and dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria. Here we report four cases of DUH and one case of dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria from India. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4681223/ /pubmed/26677297 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.169149 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Indian Journal of Dermatology 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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