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. 1988 Jul;63(7):854–856. doi: 10.1136/adc.63.7.854

Collodion babies with Gaucher's disease.

K Lui 1, C Commens 1, R Choong 1, R Jaworski 1
PMCID: PMC1779077  PMID: 3415310

Abstract

Two neonates with acute infantile cerebral Gaucher's disease had prominent collodion skin. Ichthyosis has been described in some cases of metabolic lipid disorders, however, this is the first report of the association of lamellar desquamation of the newborn (collodion baby) with Gaucher's disease.

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