Xeroderma pigmentosum. Defective DNA repair causes skin cancer and neurodegeneration

JAMA. 1988 Jul 15;260(3):384-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.260.3.384.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / etiology*
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / surgery
  • DNA Repair* / radiation effects
  • Eye Diseases / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nerve Degeneration / radiation effects
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Sunlight / adverse effects
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum / complications
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum / genetics*