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Taenzer's syndrome
Also known as:
Unna-Taenzer disease
Associated persons:
Paul Rudolf Taenzer
Paul Gerson Unna
Description:
A skin disease characterized by follicular red papules beginning in the eyebrows, spreading to neighbouring areas of the face and scalp, falling out of hair, and scarring.
Bibliography:
- P. Tänzer:
Über das Ulerythema ophryogenes, eine noch nicht beschriebene Hautkrankheit.
Monatshefte für praktische Dermatologie, Hamburg, 1889, 8: 197-208.
- P. G. Unna:
The Histopathology of the Diseases of the Skin.
New York, Clay, 1896. Pages 1086-1089.
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