With characterization of the defective gene and gene products, such tests may eventually become available. The most encyclopedic review of the subject for the practitioner. Report of a consensus conference. J Am Acad Dermatol. A contemporary clinical classification that does not depend on heredity.
High calcium intake early in life correlates with severity.
Overall severity in both sexes correlate with high calcium intake in early life, but sample size to small to confirm for either sex or individual features of disease. Indeed, correlation was negative for women. Click to return to the Virtual Patient.