Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (CDS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder manifesting predominantly as congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma and systemic accumulation of neutral lipids. Mutations in ...

TORONTO - Ontario's chief medical officer of health says six infants have been born with congenital measles since an outbreak began last fall, adding they were infected in the womb ...

Timber's lead candidate TMB-001 for rare skin disease congenital ichthyosis failed to meet its efficacy objectives across the board in the ASCEND trial and will not support a planned regulatory ...

Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health says six infants have been born with congenital measles since an outbreak began last fall, adding they were infected in the womb through mothers who ...

Good reference sources on the responsiveness of skin diseases to hypnosis are found in the somewhat outdated book by Scott (1960) and in the chapter on the use of hypnosis in dermatologic problems ...

This 13-year-old boy came in with a sudden eruption of blisters with a sensation of burning on the hands and wrists. What is it?

Phocomelia is a rare condition present from the time of birth. In this, people are born with arms or legs that are short or not fully formed. The hands or feet may be attached directly to the baby ...

A patient with congenital intrapericardial aneurysm/diverticulum of the left atrium diagnosed preoperatively is described. A review of the 16 previously reported cases revealed that the majority of ...

Adults with polycythaemia secondary to cyanotic congenital heart disease may be at greater risk from injudicious venesection than from their polycythaemia.1 Despite an established literature on the ...

Dermatoglyphics form in utero during early gestation and may be influenced by genetic or environmental factors operating at that time. Since cardiac embryogenesis also occurs during early gestation, ...

Arachnoid cysts occur in one of the three layers of tissue that surround the brain and spinal cord. Most arachnoid cysts are stable and do not require treatment. They are four times more common in ...