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Ichthyosis

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Synonyms

Disorders of Cornification

Disorder Subdivisions

Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (neutral lipid storage disease)
CHILD syndrome (unilateral hemidysplasia)
Conradi-Hunermann syndrome (X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata)
congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (CIE)
Darier disease
epidermal nevi (ichthyosis hystrix, linear epidermal nevus)
epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK)
erythrokeratodermia variabilis (EKV)
Giroux-Barbeau syndrome
Hailey-Hailey disease (benign familial pemphigus)
harlequin ichthyosis (harlequin fetus)
ichthyosis hystrix Curth-Macklin type
ichthyosis vulgaris (ichthyosis simplex)
keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans
KID syndrome (keratitis, ichthyosis, deafness)
lamellar ichthyosis
multiple sulfatase deficiency
Netherton syndrome (ichthyosis linearis circumflexa)
pachyonychia congenita
palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK)
peeling skin syndrome
pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP)
Refsum's disease (phytanic acid storage disease)
Rud's syndrome
Sjogren-Larsson syndrome
Tay's syndrome (trichothiodystrophy, IBIDS syndrome)
X-linked ichthyosis

General Discussion

Ichthyosis is a general term for a family of rare genetic skin diseases characterized by dry, thickened, scaling skin. The various forms are distinguished from one another by: 1) extent of the scaling and how widely and where the scaling is scattered over the body; 2) the presence or absence and intensity of reddening of the skin (erythroderma); 3) the mode of inheritance; and 4) the character of associated abnormalities.

Resources

Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types
1364 Welsh Road G2
North Wales, PA 19454
Tel: (215)619-0670
Fax: (215)619-0780
Tel: (800)545-3286
Email: info@scalyskin.org
Internet: http://www.scalyskin.org

NIH/National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, MD 20892-3675
USA
Tel: 3014954484
Fax: 3017186366
Tel: 8772264267
TDD: 3015652966
Email: NIAMSinfo@mail.nih.gov
Internet: http://www.niams.nih.gov

National Registry for Ichthyosis and Related Disorders
University of Washington
Dermatology Department, Box 356524
1959 N.E. Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195-6524
Tel: (206)616-3179
Fax: (206)616-6793
Tel: (800)595-1265
Email: ichreg@u.washington.edu
Internet: http://www.skinregistry.org

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Last Updated: 8/19/2005
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Last Updated: August 19, 2005

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