“…The collodion layer exfoliates within the following week, and the infant will either die of complications within the first few weeks or months, or develop lesions typical of the disease (Frenk and Mevorah, 1977). Affected survivors, who represent about 2/3 of all cases, usually show a generalized, moderately severe ichthyosiform scaling (Nix et al, 1963).…”