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 | | IP was reported initially in 1906, but the first complete description was written by Bloch and Sulzberger in 1928. |
 | | Therefore, multigenerational families of IP show an increased frequency of miscarriages and spontaneous abortions (of presumably affected males), a distorted gender ratio of 2:1 female-to-male offspring of affected females, and affected-female-to-affected-female transmission of the disorder. |
 | | Disorders that are somewhat similar to and occasionally confused with IP include focal dermal hypoplasia, infections (caused by herpes, varicella-zoster virus, staphylococcus, or streptococcus), epidermolysis bullosa, linear epidermal nevi, linear and whorled hypermelanosis, congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma, and congenital bullous mastocytosis. |
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