“…It can also affect the sucking and lung ventilation functions of the newborn, leading to dehydration, malnutrition, hypoxia, and lung infections. 1,2 Current thinking is that multiple types of autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) can manifest as CB at birth, and ACRI has been found to be associated with mutations in ABCA12, ALOX12B, ALOXE3, CASP14, CERS3, CYP4F22, LIPN, NIPAL4/ICHTHYIN, PNPLA1, ALDH3A2, ERCC2/XPD, ABHD5, SDR9C7, SULT2B1, and TGM1 genes. 3,4 Self-improving collodion ichthyosis (SICI) is a rare type of ARCI.…”