Article
Siblings with xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group A with different skin cancer development: importance of sun protection at an early age.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Dec 1994
Kondoh M, Ueda M, Nakagawa K, Ichihashi M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: For patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), strict protection from UV light exposure is the only way to prevent and retard skin cancer formation. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to learn how the timing of sun protection influences the clinical findings in patients with XP. METHODS: We st...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell
- Child, Preschool
- Codon
- DNA
- Exons
- Female
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Humans
- Introns
- Mutation
- Skin Neoplasms
- Sunscreening Agents
- Xeroderma Pigmentosum