Genetic diagnosis of hereditary skin diseases
Hereditary dermatoses are skin diseases caused by disease-causing mutant genes that obey the general law of inheritance, i.e., the patients are present in a certain number of proportions in the…
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Prenatal diagnosis of hereditary skin diseases
Monogenic inherited dermatoses are a large group of diseases with varying phenotypes and severity, totaling about 1000 diseases. With the advances in molecular biology techniques and the Human Genome Project,…
Ichthyosis, a common genetic skin disease
Ichthyosis is a group of skin diseases with abnormal skin keratinization and scaling as the main clinical manifestation. Patients present with keratinized skin scales that resemble fish scales, with a…
It’s good to come prepared to get well!
I often encounter patients who talk about their symptoms in an incoherent manner, one moment saying that they have a stomachache, another moment saying that they have a mole on…
Genetic counseling FAQ
1. When is genetic counseling needed? Couples with a history of adverse births or adverse family history, such as the presence of recurrent miscarriages, stillbirths, infant deaths, distinguishable physical or…
The “spot” family on a woman’s face
Women look in the mirror every day and care about the various pigmentation spots on their faces, the common spots on women’s faces include sun spots, freckles, melasma, age spots,…
Awareness of hereditary skin diseases
Having a skin disease is a very painful thing, many families with skin disease are very worried before preparing for the next generation, especially now with the opening of the…