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SUBMITTER: Alshenqiti A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5431708 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Therapeutics and clinical risk management 20170509
Incontinentia pigmenti (IP; Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome) is a rare, genetic syndrome inherited as an X-linked dominant trait. It primarily affects female infants and is lethal in the majority of males during fetal life. The clinical findings include skin lesions, developmental defects, and defects of the eyes, teeth, skeletal system, and central nervous system. Cardiovascular complications of this disease in general, and pulmonary hypertension in particular, are extremely rare. This report describ ...[more]