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Netherton syndrome

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Netherton syndrome is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The gene for this condition (SPINK5) is on chromosome 5.

Prenatal diagnosis
This is now available using molecular genetic analysis.

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Medical text written October 2004 by Contact a Family. Approved October 2004 by Professor J Harper, Consultant in Paediatric Dermatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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