sumie
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hi..i found this qn in NBME
A ten month old male pt is brought to emergency dept. He is listless, cranky and "floppy as a dishrag". He has no hair or teeth.Over the past 2 weeks he has not babbled , smiled, rolled over, sat up or attempted to stand.The mother says that both she and her son cannot tolerate heat and that she has always had thin hair and still has some baby teeth.Which of the following skin structures are likely to be absent or greatly reduced in the mother and child?
a. Langerhans cells
b. Merkel's cells
c. Pacinian corpuscles
d. Sebaceous glands
e. Sweat glands
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c. Pacinian corpuscles
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