Recent desmosomal genodermatoses described include lethal congenital epidermolysis bullosa (plakoglobin), cardiomyopathy with alopecia and palmoplantar keratoderma (plakoglobin), hypotrichosis with scalp vesicles (desmocollin 3), and generalized peeling skin disease (corneodesmosin).
Autosomal recessive forms of hair loss (alopecia) disorders have previously been associated with variants in at least five different genes including hairless (HR), desmoglein-4 (DSG4), desmocollin-3 (DSC3), lipase-H (LIPH), and lysophosphatidic acid receptor 6 (LPAR6).