Trait
Darkening of skin of the lips
Clinical name: Lip hyperpigmentation
Summary
- Also called
- Increased pigmentation on the lips, Hyperpigmentation of lip vermillion
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Darkening of skin of the lips is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.
How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.
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Where this comes from
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
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