The molecular basis of congenital atrichia in humans and mice: mutations in the hairless gene.

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Congenital atrichia is a form of total alopecia inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. In individuals affected with this form of hair loss, hairs are typically absent from the scalp, and patients are nearly completely devoid of eyebrows, eyelashes, axillary and pubic hair, following shedding of the natural hair shortly after birth. We have recently linked this disorder to the chromosomal region 8p12, and...

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