Term Name: | Rothmund-Thomson syndrome |
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Synonyms: | Congenital poikiloderma, RTS |
Definition: | A skin disease characterized by poikiloderma, congenital bone defects, and an increased risk of osteosarcoma in childhood and skin cancer later in life that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the DNA helicase gene RECQL4 on chromosome 8q24. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:2732] ( DOID:2732 ) |