There is no known cure at the moment but there are several things that can be done to relieve the symptoms. Moisturising products are very helpful to minimize the scaling/cracking, and anti-infective treatments are useful when appropriate because the skin is very susceptible to infection. Extra protein in the diet during childhood is also beneficial, to replace that which is lost through the previously mentioned "leaky" skin. Steroid and retinoid products have been proven ineffective against<unk> , and may in fact make things worse for the affected individual. Intravenous immunoglobulin has become established as the treatment of choice in<unk> erton's syndrome. This therapy reduces infection; enables improvement and even resolution of the skin and hair abnormalities, and dramatically improves quality of life of the patients; although exactly how it achieves this is not known. Given this; it is possible that the reason<unk> erton's usually is not very severe at or shortly after birth is due to a protective effect of maternal antibodies; which cross the placenta but wane by four to six months.
Netherton syndrome
GRACILE syndrome
MEDNIK syndrome
ZTTK syndrome
Rotor syndrome
GAPO syndrome
Smith Martin Dodd syndrome
Kindler syndrome