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Cockayne syndrome

Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a multisystem condition characterized by short stature, a characteristic facial appearance, premature aging, photosensitivity, progressive neurological dysfunction, and intellectual deficit.

Tiger tail banding

A diagnostic alternating light and dark banding pattern under polarizing microscopy.

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PMID (PMCID)
18637129 (2605190)	MALE
	Strict sun protection results in minimal skin changes in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum and a novel c.2009delG mutation in XPD (ERCC2).
	Emmert S, Ueda T, Zumsteg U, Weber P, Khan SG, Oh KS, Boyle J, Laspe P, Zachmann K, Boeckmann L, Kuschal C, Bircher A, Kraemer KH. Exp Dermatol. 2009;18(1):64-8.
	Symptoms of trichothiodystrophy (brittle hair with a tiger-tail banding pattern on polarized microscopy) or Cockayne syndrome (cachectic dwarfism, cataracts, pigmentary retinopathy and spasticity) were absent.