Incontinentia Pigmenti Misdiagnosed as Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

• Main Authors: Fahimeh Abdollahimajd (Author), Minoo Fallahi (Author), Mohammad Kazemian (Author), Yalda Nilipour (Author), Mitra Radfar (Author), Sedigheh Tahereh Tehranchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is an X-linked dominant neurocutaneous syndrome with ophthalmologic, neurologic, cutaneous, and dental manifestations and in most cases antenatally lethal in boys. Occasionally, typical IP may occur in boys due to Klinefelter syndrome or a genomic mosaicism. Skin lesions...