TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) A1 - Bissonnette, Bruno A1 - Luginbuehl, Igor A1 - Marciniak, Bruno A1 - Dalens, Bernard J. PY - 2006 T2 - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications AB - A syndrome characterized by a defect in ultraviolet radiation-induced DNA repair mechanisms and by a severe sensitivity to all sources of ultraviolet radiation (especially sunlight). XP is categorized into seven complementation groups according to the capacity of the body to repair DNA. Life-threatening. The DNA damage is cumulative and irreversible. Sometimes lethal in infancy or childhood. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58090202 ER -