Naxos syndrome | |
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Classification and external resources | |
Cutaneous phenotype of Naxos disease: woolly hair (A), palmar (B) and plantar (C) keratoses. |
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OMIM | 601214 |
Naxos syndrome (also known as "Diffuse non-epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma with woolly hair and cardiomyopathy,"[1] "Diffuse palmoplantar keratoderma with woolly hair and arrythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy firstly described in Naxos island by Dr Nikos Protonotarios,"[1] and "Naxos disease"[1]) is a cutaneous condition characterized by a palmoplantar keratoderma.[1] The prevalence of the syndrome is about 1 person in 1000 in the Hellenic islands.
It has been associated with mutations in the genes encoding desmoplakin and plakoglobin.[2]