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Xeroderma Pigmentosum
(Kaposi's Disease)
Summary
Description:
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.
Also Known As:
Kaposi's Disease; Kaposis Disease; Kaposi Disease
Networked: 1684
relevant articles (23 outcomes,
85 trials/studies)
for this Disease
Key Drugs and Agents for Xeroderma Pigmentosum
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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
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Isotretinoin (Accutane)
:
5 outcomes 2 studies in 13 results
:
FDA 6
Generic
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DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
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3 outcomes 17 studies in 564 results
: IBA
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DNA Adducts
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2 outcomes 2 studies in 24 results
: IBA
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Retinoids
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2 outcomes 1 study in 9 results
: IBA
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Acitretin
:
2 outcomes 1 study in 4 results
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FDA 1
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Codon (Codons)
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1 outcome 7 studies in 23 results
: IBA
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Platinum
:
1 outcome 6 studies in 20 results
: IBA
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Bleomycin (Blenoxane)
:
1 outcome 2 studies in 11 results
:
FDA 7
Generic
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4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4 Nitroquinoline 1 oxide)
:
1 outcome 1 study in 14 results
: IBA
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Etretinate
:
1 outcome 1 study in 8 results
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FDA 1
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Diseases Related to Xeroderma Pigmentosum
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Skin Neoplasms (Skin Cancer)
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Neoplasms (Cancer)
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Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome (Gorlin Syndrome)
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Head and Neck Neoplasms (Head and Neck Cancer)
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Epidermoid Carcinoma)
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Key Therapies for Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Efficacy Chart >>
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Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
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2 outcomes 9 studies in 26 results
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Chemoprevention
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2 outcomes 1 study in 6 results
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Bone Marrow Transplantation (Transplantation, Bone Marrow)
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1 outcome 1 study in 2 results
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Transplants (Transplant)
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1 outcome in 20 results
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Oral Administration
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1 outcome in 1 result
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