Reactive perforating collagenosis
Keywords:
Reactive perforating collagenosis, Diabetes mellitus, Chronic renal failureAbstract
Reactive Perforating Collagenosis (RPC) is a rare disease of elimination of altered collagen through the epidermis. The disease exists in childhood form with autosomal recessive mode of inheritance and an adult form acquired in association with diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Chronic Renal Failure (CRF), hypothyroidism, lymphoma, hyperparathyroidism, neurodermatitis, AIDS, pulmonary fibrosis, scabies and herpes zoster infection.
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