Cockayne Syndrome - Forms of Cockayne Syndrome (CS)

Forms of Cockayne Syndrome (CS)

• CS Type I, the classic form, is characterized by normal fetal growth with the onset of abnormalities in the first two years of life. Impairment of vision, hearing, and the central and peripheral nervous systems progressively degenerate until death in the first or second decade of life.
• CS Type II, otherwise known as connatal CS, involves very little neurological development after birth. Death usually occurs by age seven. This specific type has also been designated as cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal (COFS) syndrome. COFS syndrome can be further subdivided into several conditions (COFS types 1, 2, 3 (associated with xeroderma pigmentosum) and 4).
• CS Type III, characterized by late onset, is rare and milder than Types I and II.
• Xeroderma pigmentosum-Cockayne syndrome (XP-CS) occurs when an individual also suffers from xeroderma pigmentosum, another DNA repair disease. Some symptoms of each disease are expressed.