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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Genetic > Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Skin Diseases, Genetic > Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Pigmentation Disorders > Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Pigmentation Disorders > Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Abnormalities > Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Skin Abnormalities > Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Photosensitivity Disorders > Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Neoplasms > Precancerous Conditions > Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders > Xeroderma Pigmentosum

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Xeroderma Pigmentosum  

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Entry terms

  • Kaposi Disease
  • Kaposi's Disease
  • Kaposis Disease

Note

  • if non-neoplastic, coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/disease term (IM); if neoplastic, coordinate IM with organ/neoplasm term (IM); do not confuse KAPOSI DISEASE with SARCOMA, KAPOSI

Scope note

  • A rare, pigmentary, and atrophic autosomal recessive disease. It is manifested as an extreme photosensitivity to ULTRAVIOLET RAYS as the result of a deficiency in the enzyme that permits excisional repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA.

History note

  • 63; KAPOSI DISEASE was KAPOSI'S DISEASE 1963-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014983

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