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January 1971 in “Annals of Internal Medicine” People with anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia may get severe bronchitis if exposed to dust.
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July 2017 in “Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis” Retinol may affect immune responses in people with frequent skin boils.
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A 12-year-old girl was misdiagnosed with alopecia areata but actually had a nevus sebaceus with a genetic mutation.