Keratolytic Winter Erythema, or 'Oudtshoorn Skin' (IMAGE)

University of the Witwatersrand

Keratolytic Winter Erythema, or 'Oudtshoorn Skin'

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Scientists have discovered the genetic mutation that causes the rare skin disease, Keratolytic winter erythema (KWE), or 'Oudtshoorn skin', in South Africa's Afrikaner population.

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Professor Michele Ramsay

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