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• n  a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin

• Allan Lindsay, a 3-year-old New Orleans boy, has a rare skin disease called xeroderma pigmentosum.
• They are multiple polyposis (which may develop into intestinal cancer), retinoblastoma (cancer of the eye), xeroderma pigmentosum (which may become skin cancer).

• xerodermia

News & Articles

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• Malfunction in molecular 'proofreader' prevents repair of UV-induced DNA damage
  ( University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences ) Malfunctions in the molecular 'proofreading' machinery, which repairs structural errors in DNA caused by ultraviolet light damage, help explain why people who have the disease xeroderma pigmentosum are at an extremely high risk for developing skin cancer, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and ...
  April 21, 2014 - EurekAlert!