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Table 3 Skin abnormalities in XP-CS

From: Xeroderma pigmentosum-Cockayne syndrome complex

Skin manifestations

#/total (percent)

Photosensitivity (laboratory measured)a

40/40 (100)

Sunburns easily

32/33 (97)

Solar lentigines/abnormal freckling

35/37 (95)

Very dry skin

14/15 (93)

Wizened/progeroid facial appearance

16/23 (70)

Skin cancer

5/33 (15)

  1. aTested in skin fibroblasts as abnormalities after UV irradiation (survival, DNA repair, recovery of RNA synthesis, or unscheduled DNA synthesis)