Leiner's disease

Leiner's disease
SpecialtyDermatology

Leiner's disease is a systemic disease, a skin disorder and extends to erythroderma, typically diagnosed in early infancy.[1] Leiner's disease is characterized by a long-lasting seborrhea dermatitis associated with increased likelihood to infection.[2] Other characterizations found on newborns with Leiner's disease are a patch or a large patch of red skin normally on the bottom and spreads to the rest of the body.[2] This disease is also listed as a "rare disease", meaning that a small percent of the population, fewer than 200,000 people in the United States, will have this disorder.[2]

  1. ^ Thoene, MD; Jess, G (1995). "Leiner's Disease". Physicians' guide to rare diseases (2nd ed.). ISBN 9780962871610.[page needed]
  2. ^ a b c "Healthgrades Health Library".