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Hereditary skin diseases
Hereditary skin diseases
Disease overview
Hereditary skin diseases are caused by parents passing on their abnormal or mutated genes to their offspring, leading to the development of skin lesions characteristic of that gene at birth or later i...
Detailed description
Hereditary skin diseases are caused by parents passing on their abnormal or mutated genes to their offspring, leading to the development of skin lesions characteristic of that gene at birth or later in life.
There are over a hundred known hereditary skin diseases, such as freckles, ichthyosis, and albinism.
Disease information
Disease name
Hereditary skin diseases
English name
Hereditary skin diseases
Category
Dermatology and Venereology
Subcategory
Dermatology and Venereology
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Dermatology and Venereology
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