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Olmsted Syndrome

Olmsted syndrome is a rare congenital, sharply circumscribed transgredient palmoplantar keratoderma. It was first described by Olmsted in 1927. The diagnosis of this rare disease depends on clinical features like symmetrical involvement of keratoderma of the palms and soles and the symmetrical hyperkeratotic plaques around the body orifices. It starts in the neonatal period or in childhood. The...

Frederick Olmsted ,

Methods of indirectly determining blood pressure in the rat are reviewed and their drawbacks noted. A new method is described which has the advantage of objectivity and provides permanent graphic record of each determination. The end point used is the reappearance of pulsation in the foot distal to a slowly deflating leg cuff. Application of the method is described and its use compared with tai...

Adams Oliver Syndrome and Congenital Deafness

Admas-Oliver syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disease of congenital development defects association with aplasia cutis. All of 81 reported cases were of 32 group families. These two cases had congenital scalp cutis aplasia with developmental defect and hypoplasia of left foot digits in case 1.Congenital deaf-mute in both can added to the past known findings in this syndrome. Thoracic defor...

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Olmsted syndrome: clinical, molecular and therapeutic aspects

Olmsted syndrome (OS) is a rare genodermatosis classically characterized by the combination of bilateral mutilating transgredient palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) and periorificial keratotic plaques, but which shows considerable clinical heterogeneity. The disease starts usually at birth or in early childhood. About 73 cases have been reported worldwide. OS is observed in both sexes, although mal...