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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mutat Res. 2011 Jul 7;728(3):107–117. doi: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2011.07.001

Table 1.

Overview of most abundant XP features and their average age of onset or frequency. Adapted from [5]

Feature % / age Feature % / age
Cutaneous abnormalities Neurological abnormalities
 Median age of onset of symptoms 1.5 yr  Median age of onset 6 mo
 Median age of onset of freckling 1.5 yr  Association with skin problems 33%
 Photosensitivity 19%  Association with ocular abnormalities 36%
 Cutaneous atrophy 23%  Low intelligence 80%
 Cutaneous telangiectasia 17%  Abnormal motor activity 30%
 Actinic keratoses 19%  Areflexia 20%
 Malignant skin neoplasms 45%  Impaired hearing 18%
 Median age of first cutaneous neoplasm 8 yr  Abnormal speech 13%
Ocular abnormalities  Abnormal EEG 11%
 Frequency 40%  Microcephaly 24%
 Median age of onset 4 yr Abnormalities associated with neurological defects
 Conjunctival injection 18%  Slow growth 23%
 Corneal abnormalities 17%  Delayed secondary sexual development 12%
 Impaired vision 12%
 Photophobia 2%
 Ocular neoplasms 11%
 Median age of first ocular neoplasm 11 yr