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Linkage of Marie-Unna hypotrichosis locus to chromosome 8p21 and exclusion of 10 genes including the hairless gene by mutation analysis.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Apr 2000
Lefevre P, Rochat A, Bodemer C, Vabres P, Barrandon Y, de Prost Y, Garner C, Hovnanian A
Abstract excerpt
Marie-Unna hypotrichosis (MU) is a rare autosomal dominant congenital alopecia characterised by progressive hair loss starting in early childhood, often aggravated at puberty and leading to scarring alopecia of variable severity. We have studied three multigeneration families of Belgian, British and French descent. The human genome was screened with microsatellite markers spaced at 10-cM intervals and significant...
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