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Human Hair Growth Deficiency Is Linked to a Genetic Defect in the Phospholipase Gene <i>LIPH</i>
9 Nov 2006
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The molecular mechanisms controlling human hair growth and scalp hair loss are poorly understood. By screening about 350,000 individuals in two populations from the Volga-Ural region of Russia, we identified a gene mutation in families who show an inherited form of hair loss and a hair growth defect. Affected individuals were homozygous for a deletion in the LIPH gene on chromosome 3q27, caused by short...
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