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Xeroderma Pigmentosum in the UK

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The xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) population in the UK is around 100 patients. Since 2010, their medical care has been provided by a single national multidisciplinary clinical service, which cares for patients of all ages.

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  1. National Xeroderma Pigmentosum Service, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Hiva Fassihi, Isabel Garrood & Robert Sarkany

  2. Genetics Department, 5th Floor Tower Wing, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

    Natalie Chandler & Shehla Mohammed

  3. Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

    Alan R. Lehmann

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  2. Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

    Kaoru Sugasawa

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Fassihi, H., Garrood, I., Chandler, N., Mohammed, S., Lehmann, A.R., Sarkany, R. (2019). Xeroderma Pigmentosum in the UK. In: Nishigori, C., Sugasawa, K. (eds) DNA Repair Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6722-8_8

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