"Xeroderma Pigmentosum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A rare, pigmentary, and atrophic autosomal recessive disease. It is manifested as an extreme photosensitivity to ULTRAVIOLET RAYS as the result of a deficiency in the enzyme that permits excisional repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA.
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D014983
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C04.834.867 C16.131.831.936 C16.320.850.970 C17.800.600.925 C17.800.621.936 C17.800.804.936 C17.800.827.970 C18.452.284.975
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