Ichthyosis / Disease

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Ichthyosis

Synonyms of Ichthyosis

Disorders of Cornification

Disorder Subdivisions

Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (neutral lipid storage disease)
CHILD syndrome (unilateral hemidysplasia)
congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (CIE)
Conradi-Hunermann syndrome (X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata)
Darier disease
epidermal nevi (ichthyosis hystrix, linear epidermal nevus)
epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK)
erythrokeratodermia variabilis (EKV)
Giroux-Barbeau syndrome
Hailey-Hailey disease (benign familial pemphigus)
harlequin ichthyosis (harlequin fetus)
ichthyosis hystrix Curth-Macklin type
ichthyosis vulgaris (ichthyosis simplex)
keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans
KID syndrome (keratitis, ichthyosis, deafness)
lamellar ichthyosis
multiple sulfatase deficiency
Netherton syndrome (ichthyosis linearis circumflexa)
pachyonychia congenita
palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK)
peeling skin syndrome
pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP)
Refsum's disease (phytanic acid storage disease)
Rud's syndrome
Sjogren-Larsson syndrome
Tay's syndrome (trichothiodystrophy, IBIDS syndrome)
X-linked ichthyosis

General Discussion
Ichthyosis is a general term for a family of rare genetic skin diseases characterized by dry, thickened, scaling skin. The various forms are distinguished from one another by: 1) extent of the scaling and how widely and where the scaling is scattered over the body; 2) the presence or absence and intensity of reddening of the skin (erythroderma); 3) the mode of inheritance; and 4) the character of associated abnormalities.

Organizations related to Ichthyosis

Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation
PO Box 64158
Los Angeles CA 90064
Phone #: 310-475-2419
800 #: N/A
e-mail: info@carfintl.org
Home page: http://www.carfintl.org
Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types
1364 Welsh Road G2
North Wales PA 19454
Phone #: 215-619-0670
800 #: 800-545-3286
e-mail: info@scalyskin.org
Home page: http://www.scalyskin.org
MUMS (Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc) National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay WI 54301-1243
Phone #: 920-336-5333
800 #: 877-336-5333
e-mail: mums@netnet.net
Home page: http://www.netnet.net/mums/
Madisons Foundation
PO Box 241956
Los Angeles CA 90024
Phone #: 310-264-0826
800 #: N/A
e-mail: getinfo@madisonsfoundation.org
Home page: http://www.madisonsfoundation.org
NIH/National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda MD 20892-3675
Phone #: 301-495-4484
800 #: 877-226-4267
e-mail: NIAMSinfo@mail.nih.gov
Home page: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info
National Registry for Ichthyosis and Related Disorders
University of Washington
Seattle WA 98195-6524
Phone #: 206-616-3179
800 #: 800-595-1265
e-mail: ichreg@u.washington.edu
Home page: http://www.skinregistry.org

For a Complete Report

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