Novel CDH3 mutations in hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy

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BACKGROUND: Hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy (HJMD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by sparse and short hair, heralding progressive degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium, which leads to blindness by the second decade of life. The disorder is caused by mutations in CDH3, a gene encoding P-cadherin, a major component of adherens junctions. Most HJMD cases reported to date...

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