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Table 5 Estimated prevalence of the different clinical forms of ichthyosis

From: Prevalence of inherited ichthyosis in France: a study using capture-recapture method

Clinical forms of ichthyosis

Number of recorded patients (percentage)*

Estimated prevalence per million people (95% confidence interval)

All clinical forms

116

13.3 [10.9 – 17.6]

Non syndromic ichthyoses (ichthyosis vulgaris excluded)

99 (85.3)

11.3 [9.3 – 15.0]

 ARCI

61 (52.6)

7.0 [5.7 – 9.2]

  Major variants:

  

   Lamellar ichthyosis

39 (33.6)

4.5 [3.7 – 5.9]

   Congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma

17 (14.7)

1.9 [1.6 – 2.6]

  Minor variants:

  

   Bathing suit ichthyosis

4 (3.4)

0.46 [0.38 – 0.61]

   Self healing collodion baby

1 (0.9)

0.11 [0.09 – 0.15]

 X-linked ichthyosis

21 (18.1)

2.4 [2.0 – 3.2]

 Keratinopathic ichthyosis

10 (8.6)

1.1 [0.9 – 1.5]

 Other forms

7 (6.0)

0.80 [0.66 – 1.06]

   Erythrokeratodermia variabilis

4 (3.4)

0.46 [0.38 – 0.61]

   Peeling Skin Disease

1 (0.9)

0.11 [0.09 – 0.15]

   KLICK syndrome

2 (1.7)

0.23 [0.19 – 0.30]

Syndromic ichthyoses

17 (14.7)

1.9 [1.6 – 2.6]

   Syndromic X-linked ichthyosis

1 (0.9)

0.11 [0.09 – 0.15]

   Conradi – Hünermann – Happle syndrome

2 (1.7)

0.23 [0.19 – 0.30]

   Netherton syndrome

7 (6.0)

0.80 [0.66 – 1.06]

   Trichothiodystrophy

2 (1.7)

0.23 [0.19 – 0.30]

   Sjögren – Larsson syndrome

1 (0.9)

0.11 [0.09 – 0.15]

   KID syndrome

3 (2.6)

0.34 [0.28 – 0.45]

   Neutral lipid storage disease

1 (0.9)

0.11 [0.09 – 0.15]

  1. *Bourgogne area excluded (3 patients).