Guide Note: Harlequin Ichthyosis is rare genetic skin disorder that involves excessive skin growth. A person inflicted with this severe disease grows the same amount of skin in one day that an average person grows in two weeks. Harlequin Ichthyosis results in problems with temperature regulation, dehydration, and the body's ability to fight infections. Only about fifty percent of infants born with the disorder survive.

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Also known as Harlequin Type Ichthyosis
Incidence: 1 in 1 million
Survival rate: 50%
Cause: ABCA12 gene mutation
Infant born with hard, thick skin
Affects 7 children in UK

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Wikipedia: Harlequin Type Ichthyosis
Genetics Home Reference: Harlequin Ichthyosis
FOXNews.com: Deadly Disease Causes Sisters to Grow Too Much Skin (March 18, 2008)
Telegraph: The girls with too much skin (March 18, 2008)
JournalLive: Little Ellie really is one in a million... (July 3, 2007)
- "The one-in-a-million condition, which has no cure, still baffles doctors across the world. The oldest survivor is in her late teens and lives in the South of England."
KGTV (San Diego): Man Survives Rare Skin-Shedding Disease (November 15, 2004)

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Telegraph TV: Skin Deep (Time 4:56)

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