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HereditaryandAcquiredIchthyosisVulgarisFollowup:Deterrence/Prevention,Complications,Prognosis

HereditaryandAcquiredIchthyosisVulgarisFollow
up
Author:RobertASchwartz,MD,MPHChiefEditor:DirkMElston,MDmore...
Updated:May28,2015

Deterrence/Prevention
Inmanypatients,scalingcanbecontrolledbydiligentandconsistenttreatment.

Complications
Theextremitiesmayfissureandbecomesecondarilyinfected.Additionalcomplicationsinacquiredichthyosis
dependontheassociatedsystemicdisease.

Prognosis
Theprognosisforhereditaryichthyosisvulgarisisexcellent.Manypatientsexperienceimprovementofsymptoms
withage.Theprognosisforacquiredichthyosisvulgarisdependsontheseverityoftheunderlyingsystemic
disease.

ContributorInformationandDisclosures
Author
RobertASchwartz,MD,MPHProfessorandHeadofDermatology,ProfessorofPathology,Pediatrics,
Medicine,andPreventiveMedicineandCommunityHealth,RutgersNewJerseyMedicalSchoolVisiting
Professor,RutgersUniversitySchoolofPublicAffairsandAdministration
RobertASchwartz,MD,MPHisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AlphaOmegaAlpha,NewYork
AcademyofMedicine,AmericanAcademyofDermatology,AmericanCollegeofPhysicians,SigmaXi
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
Coauthor(s)
JasonFOkulicz,MD,FACP,FIDSADirector,HIVMedicalEvaluationUnit,InfectiousDiseaseService,San
AntonioMilitaryMedicalCenterAssociateProfessorofMedicine,FEdwardHebertSchoolofMedicine,
UniformedServicesUniversityoftheHealthSciencesClinicalAssociateProfessorofMedicine,Universityof
TexasHealthScienceCenteratSanAntonioAdjunctClinicalInstructor,FeikSchoolofPharmacy,University
oftheIncarnateWord
JasonFOkulicz,MD,FACP,FIDSAisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AlphaOmegaAlpha,
AmericanCollegeofPhysiciansAmericanSocietyofInternalMedicine,InfectiousDiseasesSocietyofAmerica
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
SpecialtyEditorBoard
DavidFButler,MDSectionChiefofDermatology,CentralTexasVeteransHealthcareSystemProfessorof
Dermatology,TexasA&MUniversityCollegeofMedicineFoundingChair,DepartmentofDermatology,Scott
andWhiteClinic
DavidFButler,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanMedicalAssociation,Alpha
OmegaAlpha,AssociationofMilitaryDermatologists,AmericanAcademyofDermatology,AmericanSociety
forDermatologicSurgery,AmericanSocietyforMOHSSurgery,PhiBetaKappa
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
LesterFLibow,MDDermatopathologist,SouthTexasDermatopathologyLaboratory
LesterFLibow,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanAcademyofDermatology,
AmericanSocietyofDermatopathology,TexasMedicalAssociation
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
ChiefEditor
DirkMElston,MDDirector,AckermanAcademyofDermatopathology,NewYork
DirkMElston,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanAcademyofDermatology
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
AdditionalContributors
AlbertCYan,MDSectionChief,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofPediatrics,SectionofDermatology,
Children'sHospitalofPhiladelphiaandUniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolofMedicine
AlbertCYan,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanAcademyofDermatology,Society
forInvestigativeDermatology,SocietyforPediatricDermatology,AmericanAcademyofPediatrics
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