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Chapter 17 - Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)»Other congenital malformations (Q80-Q89)»Xeroderma pigmentosum (Q82.1)

Q82.1

Xeroderma pigmentosum

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Xeroderma Pigmentosum3 drugs (3 approved)

A rare, pigmentary, and atrophic autosomal recessive disease. It is manifested as an extreme photosensitivity to ULTRAVIOLET RAYS as the result of a deficiency in the enzyme that permits excisional repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA.