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Editorial
. 2017 Feb 16;3(1 Suppl):S70-S74.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2017.02.015. eCollection 2017 Mar.

Helen Ollendorff Curth: A dermatologist's lasting legacy

Anthony K Guzman  1 , William D James  1
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Editorial

Helen Ollendorff Curth: A dermatologist's lasting legacy

Anthony K Guzman et al. Int J Womens Dermatol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Buschke-Ollendorff Syndrome; Curth’s criteria; Ichthyosis hystrix Curth-Macklin type; Ollendorff probe sign; genodermatosis.

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Helene Ollendorff Curth. Reprinted from Burgdorf and Scholz (2004), with permission from Elsevier.
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Painless, skin-colored, coalescent papules characteristic of Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome.
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Osteopoikilosis, a benign sclerosing bone dysplasia, affecting the lumbar spine and pelvis.
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Melorheostosis involving the ulnar aspect of the third proximal phalanx. Note that it takes on the appearance of dripping candle wax.
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Helene Ollendorff Curth and Rudolf Wilhelm Paul Curth. Reprinted from Burgdorf and Scholz (2004), with permission from Elsevier.
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Madge Thurlow Macklin (center). Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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Severe palmoplantar keratoderma often seen in Ichthyosis hystrix, Curth-Macklin type. Photo courtesy Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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