Ectodermal dysplasia is a heterogeneous hereditary disorder characterized by aplasia or dysplasia of tissues of ectodermal origin, such as skin, hair, teeth, and sweat glands and nails [1]. Ectodermal dysplasia syndrome was first described by Thurman in 1848 [2]. Although about 170 different subtypes of Ectodermal dysplasia have been recognized, these disorders are considered to be relatively r...

Ectodermal Dysplasia is a large, heterogeneous group of inherited disorders, the manifestations of which could be seen in more than one ectodermal derivates. These tissues primarily are the skin, hair, nails, exocrine glands and teeth. The most common form of ectodermal dysplasia is Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia. This case report describes a method of restoring function and aesthetics in a 8-...

EDITOR,-Immunodeficiency has been previously described in patients with ectodermal dysplasial; surprisingly it was not mentioned at all in the recent review article on ectodermal dysplasia in this journal.2 Immunodeficiency is not a constant feature in all patients with ectodermal dysplasia, it is often transient and variable and no consistent T or B cell abnormality has been found.' The exact ...

hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (hed) is a rare congenital disorder arising from deficient development of ectoderm-derived structures including skin, nails, glands and teeth. the phenotype of hed is associated with mutation in eda, edar, edaradd and nemo genes, all of them disruptingnf-κb signaling cascade necessary for initiation, formation and differentiation in the embryo and adult. here w...

Ectodermal dysplasia is a genetic disorder in which there are congenital birth abnormalities of 2 or more ectodermal structures. The management of ectodermal dysplasia is complicated due to the craniofacial dysmorphology, wide array of dento-facial defects and because the individuals are quite young when they are evaluated for treatment. This article reviews the various dental treatment options...

Mutations in the p63 gene have been identified in five types of syndromic ectodermal dysplasias (EDs) with overlapping phenotypes: Ectrodactyly-Ectodermal dysplasia-Clefting (EEC syndrome, MIM 604292), Ankyloblepharon-Ectodermal dysplasia-Clefting (AEC syndrome, MIM 106260) [3], Acro-Dermato-Ungueal-Lacrimal-Tooth (ADULT syndrome, MIM 103285), Rapp-Hodgkin (RHS syndrome, MIM 129400) and Limb-Ma...

Ectodermal dysplasias form a complex, nosologic group of diseases with defects in at least 2 ectodermal structures. A retrospective study of patients with ectodermal dysplasia seen at our department over a period of 19 years (1994-2013) was performed. The study population consisted of 67 patients covering 17 different diagnoses. Forty-five families were identified of which 26 were sporadic case...