Grover’s disease: a case report
Keywords:
Grover’s disease, transient acantholytic dermatosis, persistent acantholytic dermatosisAbstract
Grover's disease, a non-immune acantholytic dermatosis affects mostly adult males over 50 years of age.We present this case as it has not been reported in Pakistani medical literature before and the disease started under 50 years of age in a male patient.References
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