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nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy 8

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A nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy that is characterized by brittle hair and nails and scaly skin, accompanied by failure to thrive, microcephaly, and neuromotor developmental delay that has_material_basis_in compound heterozygous mutation in the AARS1 ge

A nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy that is characterized by brittle hair and nails and scaly skin, accompanied by failure to thrive, microcephaly, and neuromotor developmental delay that has_material_basis_in compound heterozygous mutation in the AARS1 gene on chromosome 16q22.

Signs and symptoms

  • Woolly hair
  • Global developmental delay
  • Long philtrum
  • Delayed CNS myelination
  • Sparse eyebrow
  • Sparse hair
  • Craniofacial dystonia
  • Esodeviation
  • Thin upper lip vermilion
  • Trichorrhexis nodosa

Also known as: TTD8