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Strict sun protection results in minimal skin changes in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum and a novel c.2009delG mutation in XPD (ERCC2).
Experimental dermatology - 1 Jan 2009
Emmert Steffen, Ueda Takahiro, Zumsteg Urs, Weber Peter, Khan Sikandar G, Oh Kyu-Seon, Boyle Jennifer, Laspe Petra, Zachmann Karolin, Boeckmann Lars, Kuschal Christiane, Bircher Andreas, Kraemer Kenneth H
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We examined the clinical, molecular and genetic features of a 16-year-old boy (XP2GO) with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) and progressive neurological symptoms. The parents are not consanguineous. Increased sun sensitivity led to the diagnosis of XP at 2 years of age and a strict UV protection scheme was implemented. Besides recurrent conjunctivitis and bilateral pterygium, only mild freckling was present on his...
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