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Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Medical Definition: A rare, pigmentary, and atrophic autosomal recessive disease affecting all races. It is manifested as an extreme photosensitivity to ultraviolet light as the result of a deficiency in the enzyme that permits excisional repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA.
Guide Notes: /blood supply /chem /secret /ultrastruct permitted; if non-neopl, coord IM with precoord organ/dis term (IM); if neopl, coord IM with organ/neopl term (IM)

Xeroderma Pigmentosum Medical Definitions and Terms

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