Clinical, Histopathologic, Electronmicroscopic Study Of Reticulate Pigmented Anomaly And Localization Of Its Virulence Gene

Reticulate pigmented anomaly of the flexures (RPAF, MIM number: 179850), also called Dowling-Degos disease (DDD), is a new rare genodermatosis, which shows an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. It is characterized by spotted and reticulate pigmentation of the flexures, including Flexural areas of wrist, antecubital fossae, axillae, lower abdomen, the groin and popliteal fossae. Since then, about 50 papers have been reported, most of which is case report.Objective:(1) To study the clinical feature of RPAF.(2) To study the histopathologic and electronmicroscopic changes of RPAF.(3) To identify a gene locus responsible for Reticulate pigmented anomaly of the flexures (RPAF).Methods:...