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Hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy is caused by a mutation in CDH3, encoding P-cadherin.
Nature genetics - 1 Oct 2001
Sprecher E, Bergman R, Richard G, Lurie R, Shalev S, Petronius D, Shalata A, Anbinder Y, Leibu R, Perlman I, Cohen N, Szargel R
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hypotrichosis associated with juvenile macular dystrophy (HJMD; MIM601553) is an autosomal recessive disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by hair loss heralding progressive macular degeneration and early blindness. We used homozygosity mapping in four consanguineous families to...
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