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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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Bart's syndrome
Aruna Rajpal1, R Mishra1, K Hajirnis2, M Shah3, N Nagpur1
1 Department of Dermatology and Venerology, KJ Somaiya Medical College and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
2 Department of Pathology, KJ Somaiya Medical College and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
3 Department of Pediatrics, KJ Somaiya Medical College and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
Aruna Rajpal
KJ Somaiya Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai - 400 022
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.41655
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A new-born girl presented with congenital absence of skin on the right leg and nail abnormalities. On second day of life, she developed multiple blistering skin lesions and died on seventeenth day of life. A positive family history of two other siblings, one male and one female who had blistering skin lesions and died within one and a half month of birth, was present. The diagnosis of Bart's syndrome was made on clinical presentation, family history and skin biopsy. |
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