Uniparental disomy as a mechanism for CERS 3 ‐mutated autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis

Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis.

The term autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) refers to a group of rare disorders of keratinization classified as nonsyndromic forms of ichthyosis. This group was traditionally divided into lamellar ichthyosis (LI) and congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (CIE) but today it also includes harlequin ichthyosis, self-healing collodion baby, acral self-healing collodion baby, and bathi...

Molecular Genetics of Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis

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Mutations in CERS3 Cause Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis in Humans

Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) is a rare genetic disorder of the skin characterized by abnormal desquamation over the whole body. In this study we report four patients from three consanguineous Tunisian families with skin, eye, heart, and skeletal anomalies, who harbor a homozygous contiguous gene deletion syndrome on chromosome 15q26.3. Genome-wide SNP-genotyping revealed a h...

Otologic Manifestations of Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis in Children.

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated ear involvement in nonsyndromic autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI). OBJECTIVES To assess the type and frequency of otologic manifestations of ARCI in patients under follow-up at the pediatric dermatology department of our hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively studied the presence of ear pain, ear itching, tinnitus, otitis, ce...

Uniparental disomy: a novel mechanism for thalassemia major.