Ichthyosis
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Synonyms
- Disorders of Cornification
Disorder Subdivisions
- Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (neutral lipid storage disease)
- CHILD syndrome (unilateral hemidysplasia)
- Conradi-Hunermann syndrome (X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata)
- congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (CIE)
- Darier disease
- epidermal nevi (ichthyosis hystrix, linear epidermal nevus)
- epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK)
- erythrokeratodermia variabilis (EKV)
- Giroux-Barbeau syndrome
- Hailey-Hailey disease (benign familial pemphigus)
- harlequin ichthyosis (harlequin fetus)
- ichthyosis hystrix Curth-Macklin type
- ichthyosis vulgaris (ichthyosis simplex)
- keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans
- KID syndrome (keratitis, ichthyosis, deafness)
- lamellar ichthyosis
- multiple sulfatase deficiency
- Netherton syndrome (ichthyosis linearis circumflexa)
- pachyonychia congenita
- palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK)
- peeling skin syndrome
- pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP)
- Refsum's disease (phytanic acid storage disease)
- Rud's syndrome
- Sjogren-Larsson syndrome
- Tay's syndrome (trichothiodystrophy, IBIDS syndrome)
- X-linked ichthyosis
General Discussion
Ichthyosis is a general term for a family of rare genetic skin diseases characterized by dry, thickened, scaling skin. The various forms are distinguished from one another by: 1) extent of the scaling and how widely and where the scaling is scattered over the body; 2) the presence or absence and intensity of reddening of the skin (erythroderma); 3) the mode of inheritance; and 4) the character of associated abnormalities.
Resources
Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types
1364 Welsh Road G2
North Wales, PA 19454
Tel: (215)619-0670
Fax: (215)619-0780
Tel: (800)545-3286
Email: info@scalyskin.org
Internet: http://www.scalyskin.org
NIH/National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, MD 20892-3675
USA
Tel: 3014954484
Fax: 3017186366
Tel: 8772264267
TDD: 3015652966
Email: NIAMSinfo@mail.nih.gov
Internet: http://www.niams.nih.gov
National Registry for Ichthyosis and Related Disorders
University of Washington
Dermatology Department, Box 356524
1959 N.E. Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195-6524
Tel: (206)616-3179
Fax: (206)616-6793
Tel: (800)595-1265
Email: ichreg@u.washington.edu
Internet: http://www.skinregistry.org
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Last Updated: 8/19/2005
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