Genetic classification of ichthyosis.
Ichthyosis has been classified on a genetic basis. Four varieties--ichthyosiform erythroderma, lamellar ichthyosis, Refsum's syndrome and the Sjögren-Larsson syndrome--are inherited as autosomal recessive traits. One type is inherited as a sex-linked recessive trait while another variety of ichthyosis (with or without atopy), bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma, and very rarely ichthyosis hystrix are due to autosomal dominant genes.
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Medical Research Council, Population Genetics Research Unit, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, England.
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