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Lanceolate hair-J (lahJ): a mouse model for human hair disorders.
Experimental dermatology - 1 Jun 2000
Sundberg J P, Boggess D, Bascom C, Limberg B J, Shultz L D, Sundberg B A, King L E, Montagutelli X
Abstract excerpt
Lanceolate hair-J (lahJ) arose spontaneously in 1994 on the DBA/1LacJ inbred background at The Jackson Laboratory. Mutant mice were runted, alopecic, and lacked vibrissae. As they aged, their skin wrinkled. Affected mice developed a noninflammatory, proliferative skin disease with follicular dystrophy. Hair fibers developed a number of abnormalities including periodic nodules along the shaft (trichorrhexis...
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