Poikiloderma with neutropenia is an inherited genodermatosis found in Navajo people. It is characterized by erythematous rash that appears in the first year of life. The rash starts from the limbs and spreads to the trunk and the face, evolving into poikiloderma. Patients with this disease have recurrent bacterial infections and chronic neutropenia. It has been reported mutations in USB1 cause this condition.
Walne AJ, Vulliamy T, Beswick R, Kirwan M, Dokal I
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Mutations in C16orf57 and normal-length telomeres unify a subset of patients with dyskeratosis congenita, poikiloderma with neutropenia and Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.
