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Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Epidermolytic
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Definition
: An autosomal dominant hereditary skin disease characterized by epidermolytic hyperkeratosis that is strictly confined to the palms and soles. It has been associated with mutations in the gene that codes for KERATIN-9.
Other names
Unna Thost Disease, Epidermolytic; Thost Unna Disease, Epidermolytic; Palmoplantar Keratodermas, Epidermolytic; Localized Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis; Localized Epidermolytic Hyperkeratoses; Keratodermas, Epidermolytic Palmoplantar; Hyperkeratoses, Localized Epidermolytic; Epidermolytic Unna-
Thost Disease; Epidermolytic Thost-
Unna Disease; Epidermolytic Palmoplantar Keratodermas; Epidermolytic Palmoplantar Keratoderma; Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis, Localized; Epidermolytic Hyperkeratoses, Localized; EPPKs (Epidermolytic Palmoplantar Keratoderma); Unna-
Thost Disease, Epidermolytic; Thost-
Unna Disease, Epidermolytic; Palmoplantar Keratoderma, Epidermolytic; Keratosis of Greither; Keratosis Palmaris et Plantaris Familiaris; Keratoderma, Epidermolytic Palmoplantar
