TWO SIBLINGS WITH XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM, AFAR, ETHIOPIA

Authors

  • Abel Gidey
  • Agazi Fitsum
  • Mathewos Woldemariam

Keywords:

Xeroderma , Pigmentosum, Siblings , Afar

Abstract

Xeroderma Pigmentosum is one of the rare autosomal-recessive skin lesions with a broad variety of clinical manifestations that lead to cell hypersensitivity to ultraviolet radiation. In addition to extensive skin and mucosal damage with malignant transformation, it is characterized with ocular involvement and progressive neurologic deterioration. We mention the clinical characteristics of siblings xeroderma pigmentosum come to our pediatric unit, Dubti General Hospital, Afar, in two adolescent siblings from Asab, Eretria

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Gidey, A. ., Fitsum, A. ., & Woldemariam, M. . (2020). TWO SIBLINGS WITH XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM, AFAR, ETHIOPIA. Ethiopian Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health, 15(2). Retrieved from https://ejpch.net/index.php/ejpch/article/view/8