Dermatoporosis, an emerging disease: case report

• Main Authors: María Lorena Re Domínguez (Author), Beatriz Di Martino Ortiz (Author), Mirtha Rodríguez Masi (Author), Oilda Knopfelmacher Domínguez (Author), Lourdes Bolla Argüello de Lezcano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Our Dermatology Online, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The term dermatoporosis proposed by Kaya and Saurat in 2007, relates to the failure and chronic skin fragility due to aging. The first clinical manifestations appear by the age of 60, but fully developed signs of disease are evident among people between the ages of 70 and 90; affecting 1 in 3 people...