Xeroderma Pigmentosum
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A rare, pigmentary, and atrophic autosomal recessive disease affecting all races. It is manifested as an extreme photosensitivity to ultraviolet light as the result of a deficiency in the enzyme that permits excisional repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA. |
| Notes: |
/blood supply /chem /secret /ultrastruct permitted; if non-neopl, coord IM with precoord organ/dis term (IM); if neopl, coord IM with organ/neopl term (IM) |
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