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IllnessAlopcia cicatricial, differential diagnosis

Summary

Short information

Comprehensive differential diagnostic panel for cicatricial alopecia comprising 5 curated genes

ID
AP1324
Number of genes
4 Accredited laboratory test
Examined sequence length
2,6 kb (Core-/Core-canditate-Genes)
5,7 kb (Extended panel: incl. additional genes)
Analysis Duration
on request
Material
  • EDTA-anticoagulated blood (3-5 ml)
Diagnostic indications

NGS +

 

Gene panel

Selected genes

NameExon Length (bp)OMIM-GReferenz-Seq.Heredity
MBTPS21560NM_015884.4XLR
SDR9C7946NM_148897.3AR
FOXN11947NM_003593.3AR
GJA11149NM_000165.5AD

Informations about the disease

Clinical Comment

Occurring during infancy/childhood, predominantly affecting males, with diffuse follicular hyperkeratosis associated with progressive cicatricial alopecia of the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes + photophobia, corneal dystrophy, facial erythema, and/or palmoplantar keratoderma

 

Synonyms
  • Alias: Familial cicatricial alopecia
  • Alias: IFAP [Ichthyosis Follicularis, Atrichia + Photophobia] (MBTPS2)
  • Alias: Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans
  • Alias: Narbige Alopezie, Haarausfall mit Narbenbildung
  • Allelic: Atrioventricular septal defect 3 (GJA1)
  • Allelic: Craniometaphyseal dysplasia, AR (GJA1)
  • Allelic: Erythrokeratodermia variabilis et progressiva 3 (GJA1)
  • Allelic: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 1 (GJA1)
  • Allelic: Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans, XL (MBTPS1)
  • Allelic: Oculodentodigital dysplasia (GJA1)
  • Allelic: Oculodentodigital dysplasia, AR (GJA1))
  • Allelic: Osteogenesis imperfecta, type XIX (MBTPS1)
  • Allelic: Syndactyly, type III (GJA1)
  • Allelic: T-cell lymphopenia, infantile, with/-out nail dystrophy, AD (FOXN1)
  • BRES{H}EK [Brain anomalies, Retardation, Ectodermal dysplasia, Skeletal, Ear/eye + Kidney anomalies]
  • IFAP syndrome with/-out BRESHECK syndrome (MBTPS2)
  • Ichthyosis, congenital, AR 13 (SDR9C7)
  • Olmsted syndrome, XL [mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma] (MBTPS2)
  • Palmoplantar keratoderma with congenital alopecia (GJA1)
  • T-cell immunodeficiency, congenital alopecia, nail dystrophy (FOXN1)
Heredity, heredity patterns etc.
  • AD
  • AR
  • XLR
OMIM-Ps
  • Multiple OMIM-Ps
ICD10 Code

Bioinformatics and clinical interpretation

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