Oral Biomedicine ›› 2022, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (2): 130-134.

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Research progress on the pathogenesis and diagnosis of ectodermal dysplasia

Ping WANG1,   

  • Received:2021-04-22 Revised:2022-05-20 Online:2022-06-25 Published:2022-07-07

Abstract: Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a group of congenital genetic diseases caused by ectodermal structural hypoplasia, including hydrotic ectodermal dysplasia and hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED).The phenotypical manifestations of this disease are obvious in male patients, while female patients usually have no clinical symptoms or only partial symptoms.In this review we describe the diagnosis, pathogenesis and clinical intervention of the disease.

Key words: ectodermal dysplasia, EDA, genetic diagnosis