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Molecular genetics of Xeroderma pigmentosum variant.
Experimental dermatology - 1 Oct 2003
Gratchev Alexei, Strein Pamela, Utikal Jochen, Sergij Goerdt
Abstract excerpt
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by sun sensitivity, early onset of freckling and subsequent neoplastic changes on sun-exposed skin. Skin abnormalities result from an inability to repair UV-damaged DNA because of defects in the nucleotide excision repair (NER) machinery. Xeroderma pigmentosum is genetically heterogeneous and is classified into seven complementation groups...
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