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Document ID (ISN)75514
CIS number 00-1327
ISSN - Serial title 1250-3274 - Archives des maladies professionnelles et de médecine du travail
Year 1998
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Fontana L., Chamoux A., Belle B., Bruhl C., Catilina P.
Title A rare skin disease and professional aptitude: Dystrophic dominant Cockayne-Touraine type epidermolysis bullosa
Original title Maladie dermatologique rare et aptitude: à propos d'une observation d'une épidermolyse bulleuse dystrophique dominante, type Cockayne-Touraine [in French]
Bibliographic information Dec. 1998, Vol.59, No.8, p.552-553. 2 ref.
Abstract A rare case of dystrophic dominant Cochayne-Touraine epidermolysis bullosa is reported in a teenager planning to be a joiner. The choice of career is discussed. Owing to the reassuring course of the disease, no contraindication was found.
Descriptors (primary) skin dystrophy; necrosis; medical treatment; woodworking industry; skin
Descriptors (secondary) case study; vocational guidance; industrial physicians; hereditary variables; apprentices
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Lumber and the woodworking industry
Skin diseases
Woodworking industry