Failed conservative management of a case of aplasia cutis congenita in a low‐income country

Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare disease characterized by absence of skin layers. Usually the scalp is affected, but the whole body can be involved. We report extensive aplasia of a baby born of a HIV‐positive mother taking antiretroviral drugs. Conservative treatment was not enough to ensure her s...

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Autores principales: Wingi, Olivier, Cappellesso, Rocco, Arego, Raul, Cuppini, Elena, Muhelo, Arlindo, Putoto, Giovanni, Da Dalt, Liviana, Pizzol, Damiano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.611
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author Wingi, Olivier
Cappellesso, Rocco
Arego, Raul
Cuppini, Elena
Muhelo, Arlindo
Putoto, Giovanni
Da Dalt, Liviana
Pizzol, Damiano
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Cappellesso, Rocco
Arego, Raul
Cuppini, Elena
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description Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare disease characterized by absence of skin layers. Usually the scalp is affected, but the whole body can be involved. We report extensive aplasia of a baby born of a HIV‐positive mother taking antiretroviral drugs. Conservative treatment was not enough to ensure her survival.
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spelling pubmed-49744212016-08-12 Failed conservative management of a case of aplasia cutis congenita in a low‐income country Wingi, Olivier Cappellesso, Rocco Arego, Raul Cuppini, Elena Muhelo, Arlindo Putoto, Giovanni Da Dalt, Liviana Pizzol, Damiano Clin Case Rep Case Reports Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare disease characterized by absence of skin layers. Usually the scalp is affected, but the whole body can be involved. We report extensive aplasia of a baby born of a HIV‐positive mother taking antiretroviral drugs. Conservative treatment was not enough to ensure her survival. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4974421/ /pubmed/27525077 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.611 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Pizzol, Damiano
Failed conservative management of a case of aplasia cutis congenita in a low‐income country
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.611
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