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Health Encyclopedia: Incontinentia Pigmenti Syndrome

Alternative Names

Bloch-Sulzberger's disease

Treatment

There is no one treatment for IPS. Therapies will be aimed at specific problems.

Support Groups

Expectations (prognosis)

Prognosis varies depending on the degree of central nervous system involvement and visual impairment.

Complications

Secondary infections of blistered skin
Mental retardation
Delayed development
Seizures

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