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Clinical characteristics of three patients with UVs syndrome, a photosensitive disorder with defective DNA repair.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8763445     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Recently, we established a new category of photosensitive disorder termed UVs syndrome. Cells from patients with UVs syndrome have a similar UV sensitivity as xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) cells, but have a normal level of unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) unlike XP. UVs syndrome is distinct from Cockayne syndrome (CS) or XP including XP variant (XP-V), as determined by studies of genetic factors using cell fusion, microinjection, and postreplication repair assays. In this study, we identified three Japanese patients with UVs syndrome: an 11-year-old girl, a 17-year-old male, and an 8-year-old boy. The first two patients were siblings, while the third was a case from a different family. All of these patients exhibited acute recurrent sunburn. Common clinical manifestations of these patients were slight erythema and dryness, a number of freckles on sun-exposed areas, and slight telangiectasia only seen on the cheek and nose. Patient 3 showed a lowered minimal erythema dose between 280 and 300 nm. The patients' fibroblasts showed similar characteristics to those in CS, such as UV sensitivity, and a failure of RNA synthesis (RRS) after UV irradiation, despite a normal level of UDS. Thus, UVs syndrome is a new hereditary photosensitive disorder with clinical manifestations similar to a mild form of XP but showing the cellular characteristics of CS.
Authors:
T Itoh; M Yamaizumi; M Ichihashi; M Hiro-Oka; T Matsui; M Matsuno; T Ono
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The British journal of dermatology     Volume:  134     ISSN:  0007-0963     ISO Abbreviation:  Br. J. Dermatol.     Publication Date:  1996 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-10-10     Completed Date:  1996-10-10     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0004041     Medline TA:  Br J Dermatol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1147-50     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Dermatology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Child
DNA Repair*
Facies
Female
Humans
Male
Photosensitivity Disorders / etiology,  genetics*
Syndrome
Ultraviolet Rays / adverse effects*

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