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An unusual presentation of xeroderma pigmentosum in a Caucasian child Volume 20, numéro 3, May-June 2010

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Department of dermatology, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Auteur(s) : Firas Al-Niaimi, Neil H Cox Department of dermatology, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, United Kingdom Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive photosensitive disorder with an extremely high incidence of ultraviolet (UV)-induced DNA damage [1, 2]. We present an unusual presentation of this condition in a Caucasian girl with no consanguinity or family history of photosensitivity. A 3-year-old girl was referred to the dermatology department for the removal of a lesion [...]