Giulia Pascolini, Federica Gaudioso, Marina Baldi, Dario Alario, Francesco Dituri, Antonio Novelli, Anwar Baban
Among genodermatoses, trichothiodystrophies (TTDs) are a rare genetically heterogeneous group of syndromic conditions, presenting with skin, hair, and nail abnormalities. An extra-cutaneous involvement (craniofacial district and neurodevelopment) can be also a part of the clinical picture. The presence of photosensitivity describes three forms of TTDs: MIM#601675 (TTD1), MIM#616390 (TTD2) and MIM#616395 (TTD3), that are caused by variants afflicting some components of the DNA Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) complex and with more marked clinical consequences...
June 2023: Journal of Human Genetics