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palmoplantar keratoderma and woolly hair

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A nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma characterized by striate palmoplantar keratoderma, sparse and woolly hair, leukonychia, and the absence of cardiomyopathy symptoms or findings on echocardiography and electrocardiogram that has_material_basis_in homo

A nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma characterized by striate palmoplantar keratoderma, sparse and woolly hair, leukonychia, and the absence of cardiomyopathy symptoms or findings on echocardiography and electrocardiogram that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the KANK2 gene on chromosome 19p13.2.

Signs and symptoms

  • Sparse body hair
  • Sparse scalp hair
  • Sparse eyelashes
  • Palmoplantar keratoderma
  • Sparse eyebrow
  • Leukonychia
  • Amniotic constriction ring
  • Woolly hair

Also known as: PPKWH; keratoderma with woolly hair type IV; woolly hair-palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome type 4