The outpatient clinic for people with genetic types of skin diseases of our center, and the NIRK associated and the experimental labs that we run in our hospital have been recognized by the national authorities as Reference Center for Ichthyoses and Palmoplantar Keratoses (ReCIP).ReCIP is headed by PD Dr. med. V. Oji. ReCIP and is part of the European Reference Network for rare skin diseases that is supported by the European Commission. Further information is available on the homepage of the university hospital of Münster (UKM).