GENODERMATOSES 

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia 2013 February;148(1):1-12

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language: English

Unraveling the mystery of the disorder of keratinization: the path of syndromic ichthyoses

Pezzani L. ¹, Brena M. ¹, Santagada F. ¹, Faure E. ¹, Tadini G. ^{1, 2} ✉

¹ Department of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; ² Department of Pediatric Clinic 1, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

In the last few years the progresses in molecular analysis allow better definitions of ichthyoses and lead to the necessity of a new classification and a review of nomenclature of inherited ichthyoses. So, in 2007 the First Consensus Conference on Ichthyoses was performed. We present here a short review of the new classification of syndromic ichthyoses together with clinical and molecular features.