See Also: Children of the dark(health)
Pennsylvania State Children's Health(health)
Children's Hospital and Health Center(health)
Women's and Children's Health Service Incorporating(health)
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center(health)
Hegg Memorial Health Center Avera Health(health)
Divine Providence Health Center Avera Health(health)
Dells Area Health Center Avera Health(health)
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Children of the dark (health)


Term applied sometimes to children with xeroderma pigmentosum, a genetic disease with such extraordinary sensitivity to sunlight that ordinary sun exposure results in the development of skin cancer at a very early age. Children with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) can only play outdoors safely after nightfall.