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Identification of mutations in the human hairless gene in two new families with congenital atrichia.
Archives of dermatological research - 1 Jun 2007
Betz Regina C, Indelman Margarita, Pforr Jana, Schreiner Felix, Bauer Ralf, Bergman Reuven, Lentze Michael J, Nöthen Markus M, Cichon Sven, Sprecher Eli
Abstract excerpt
Congenital atrichia (AUC) is a form of isolated alopecia with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Patients are born with normal hair but this is shed almost completely during the first weeks or months of life and never regrows. In many families the development of papular lesions is noted as an additional phenotypic feature, which defines a related phenotype designated as atrichia with papular lesions...
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