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Dermal Elastic Tissue Diseases

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Defects of dermal elastic fibers are relatively uncommon. This chapter touches upon disseminated elastosis perforans serpiginosa, papular elastorrhexis, congenital cutis laxa, cutis laxa, blepharochalasis, pseudoxanthoma elasticum, cutis hyperelastica complicated by the abnormity in immunoassay, giant connective tissue nevus, eruptive collagenoma, white fibrous papulosis of the neck, and pseudoainhum.

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Yan, J. et al. (2018). Dermal Elastic Tissue Diseases. In: Zhu, WY., Tan, C., Zhang, Rz. (eds) Atlas of Skin Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8037-1_16

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