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Keratitis–ichthyosis–deafness syndrome (also known as Erythrokeratodermia progressiva Burns Ichthyosiform erythroderma corneal involvement and deafness and KID syndrome) presents at birth/infancy and is characterized by pregressive corneal opacification either mild generalized hyperkeratosis or discrete erythematous plaques and neurosensory deafness.It is caused by a mutation in connexin 26.[citation needed]