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Souques-Charcot geroderma

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A variant of Hutchinson-Gilford disease, consisting of loose, shiny, dry skin, subcutaneous atrophy, eunuchoid habitus, and intellectual deficiency, reportedly described by Souques and Charcot.

See also Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist, 1825-1893, and Hutchinson-Gilford disease under Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, English surgeon and pathologist, 1828-1913

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