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Darier disease

Background

Darier disease: Darier's disease; Keratosis Follicularis

Darier disease is characterised by itchy, warty, skin-coloured bumps (known as papules) and characteristic nail abnormalities. The features and severity of Darier disease vary enormously from isolated nail changes or a few warty bumps to disfiguring involvement.

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Medical text written November 2003 by Contact a Family. Approved November 2003 by Dr S Burge. Last updated April 2006 by Dr S Burge, Assistant Director of Clinical Studies and Consultant Dermatologist, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.

 

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