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Unilateral Scaly Erythema and Limb Dystrophy

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Two female newborns presented with a striking feature of unilateral ichthyosiform erythroderma that had a sharp demarcation line. Both cases had ipsilateral limb defects.

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El-Darouti, M.A., Al-Ali, F.M. (2019). Unilateral Scaly Erythema and Limb Dystrophy. In: Challenging Cases in Dermatology Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21855-3_11

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