Regarding My Post Yesterday (Read this Kelli)

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Originally posted by KS-with-KP

I found another site that mentions the same combination that the &quot;old school&quot; doctor said works very well for KP <a href="http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section10/chapter121/121b.htm">http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section10/chapter121/121b.htm</a> And for Kelli, it mentions that KP can itch in some people.

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Originally posted by MichaelL

Does anyone know what &quot;an autosomal dominant inheritance&quot; is?

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Originally posted by Lisa

&quot;Each of us has two copies of every gene. We typically inherit one from our father and one from our mother. Autosomal means that people of both sexes are equally likely to be affected with the condition and dominant means that only one affected gene is needed for the disease to develop. Therefore, the chance of passing the affected gene and hence, passing the condition to a son or daughter is one in two (50%).&quot;

There is more info on this page, check it out:
<a href="http://web1.tch.harvard.edu/research/beggs/ad.html">http://web1.tch.harvard.edu/research/beggs/ad.html</a>

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Originally posted by kiori

I found some information oh the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man at <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/searchomim.html">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/searchomim.html</a>
search for keratosis pilaris

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Originally posted by Lisa

That's pretty interesting thanks for pasting the link! So basically they're saying that they know which gene causes KP...hmm maybe oneday they'll be able to alter chromosome 18 and then we'd all be KP free hehe i dunno. It's weird cus 18 is my fave number

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Originally posted by kiori

I was born on the 18 so its also my favorite number. An update: I just finish reading an article by a doctor at the California University in my area, I am thinking about writing to him for further information. I just want to know if there is an on going more research on KP or even some kind of experimental treatment.