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Clinical and pathologic correlations in genetically distinct forms of atrichia.
Archives of dermatology - 1 Dec 2003
Zlotogorski Abraham, Hochberg Ze'ev, Mirmirani Paradi, Metzker Arye, Ben-Amitai Dan, Martinez-Mir Amalia, Panteleyev Andrey A, Christiano Angela M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The genetic basis of 2 distinct forms of atrichia with papules has recently been defined at the molecular level. In atrichia with papular lesions (APL; Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man [OMIM] 209500), mutations in the hairless gene on chromosome 8p21 have recently been identified. Atrichia with papules also occurs in the clinical setting of vitamin D-dependent rickets type IIA (VDDR IIA; OMIM...
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