Cutis laxa is a rare group of inherited and acquired disorders characterized by loose and redundant skin with reduced elasticity.Mutations in the elastin coding gene have been shown to cause autosomal dominant cutis l...
We report an unusual case of an inherited disorder of the desmosomal protein plakophilin 1, resulting in ectodermal dysplasia-skin fragility syndrome. The affected 6-year-old boy had red skin at birth and subsequently...
Restrictive dermopathy (RD) is a lethal human genetic disorder characterized by very tight, thin, easily eroded skin, rocker bottom feet, and joint contractures. This disease was recently reported to be associated wit...
A 7-year-old Chilean boy presented with severe photosensitivity, blistering, erosions and scarring on sun-exposed areas of the body since the age of 6 months. Additionally, he showed a short stature and shortening of ...
Background. Prolidase deficiency is a complex disease characterized by various skin manifestations accompanied by mental retardation, facial dysmorphism and susceptibility to pyogenic infections. Methods. We assessed ...
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a genodermatosis with mainly autosomal recessive inheritance. Pathogenic mutations in two adjacent genes, EVER1 and EVER2, have recently been identified. In this study, we perfo...
Background:Netherton syndrome (NTS) is a rare autosomal recessive multisystem disorder characterized by congenital erythroderma and ichthyosis, hair shaft abnormalities and immune dysregulation. The disorder is caused...
The clinical diagnosis of a patient with the phenotype of EhlersDanlos syndrome type VI was confirmed biochemically by the severely diminished level of lysyl hydroxylase (LH) activity in the patient’s skin fibroblast...
Background: Aquagenic wrinkling of the palms (AWP) is a rare condition characterized by the rapid and transient formation of edematous whitish plaques on the palms on exposure to water (the so- called hand- in- the- b...
Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria (HEP) is an uncommon inherited cutaneo us porph yria, related to porphyria cutanea tarda, that results from severe uroporphyrino gen decarboxylase (UROD) deficiency. It is characterized ...