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DeSanctis–Cacchione syndrome

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OMIM
  
278800

DiseasesDB
  
29880

DeSanctis–Cacchione syndrome is an extremely rare disorder characterized by the skin and eye symptoms of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) occurring in association with microcephaly, progressive mental retardation, retarded growth and sexual development, deafness, choreoathetosis, ataxia and quadriparesis.

Genetics

In at least some case, the gene lesion involves a mutation in the CSB gene.

It can be associated with ERCC6.

References

DeSanctis–Cacchione syndrome Wikipedia