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Nail-Patella Syndrome eMedicine Dermatology

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Location: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1106294-overview

Description: Nail-patella syndrome (NPS), also known as hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia (HOOD), is an uncommon genetically determined disease that involves organs of both ectodermal and mesodermal origin. Chatelain described NPS in 1820, and Little first documented its hereditary nature in 1897.
Anna Choczaj-Kukula, MD, PhD & Camila K Janniger, MD 2009

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Author/Contact: Anna Choczaj-Kukula, MD, PhD & Camila K Janniger, MD
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Added: Wed Jul 29 2009