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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 77
| Issue : 3 | Page : 325--327 |
Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans in a female
Fiona F Sequeira, Elizabeth Jayaseelan
Department of Dermatology, St. John's Medical College and Hospital, Koramangala, Bangalore, Karnataka-560 034, India
Correspondence Address:
Fiona F Sequeira
Department of Dermatology, St. John's Medical College and Hospital, Koramangala, Bangalore, Karnataka-560 034
India
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.79708 PMID: 21508573
Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans (KFSD), is a rare follicular syndrome associated with widespread keratosis pilaris and progressive scarring alopecia. This genodermatoses often starts at infancy or early childhood with an X-linked mode of inheritance. Males are predominantly affected and females frequently show no disease or only a mild form. We describe this not so common entity of KFSD in a nine year old female child.
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