ichthyosis
Sign in to saveAlso known as ichthyoses, non-syndromic ichthyosis, ichthyosis follicularis, ichthyotic scaling
Ichthyosis is a family of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin. The more than 20 types of ichthyosis range in severity of symptoms, outward appearance, underlying genetic cause and mode of inheritance (e.g., dominant, recessive, autosomal or X-linked). Ichthyosis comes , since dry, scaly skin is the defining feature of all forms of ichthyosis.
Key facts
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- Ichthyosis is characterized by generalised scaly skin.
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- Dermatology
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Research
7,830 papers- Ichthyosis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023
- Ichthyosis: presentation and management.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2023
- Congenital Ichthyosis: Current Approaches to Prenatal Diagnoses.Fetal and pediatric pathology · 2024
- Ichthyosis: A Road Model for Skin Research.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2020
- Inherited ichthyosis: Non-syndromic forms.The Journal of dermatology · 2016
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Types
- Non-syndromic ichthyosis
- Syndromic ichthyosis
- Non-genetic ichthyosis
- Diagnosis
- Treatments
- Other animals
- In fiction
- See also
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Ichthyosis is a family of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin. The more than 20 types of ichthyosis range in severity of symptoms, outward appearance, underlying genetic cause and mode of inheritance (e.g., dominant, recessive, autosomal or X-linked). Ichthyosis comes , since dry, scaly skin is the defining feature of all forms of ichthyosis.
The severity of symptoms can vary enormously, from the mildest, most common, types such as ichthyosis vulgaris, which may be mistaken for normal dry skin, up to life-threatening conditions such as harlequin-type ichthyosis. Ichthyosis vulgaris accounts for more than 95% of cases.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ichthyosis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.