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Founder mutations in the lipase h gene in families with autosomal recessive woolly hair/hypotrichosis.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Aug 2009
Shimomura Yutaka, Wajid Muhammad, Zlotogorski Abraham, Lee Young-Jin, Rice Robert H, Christiano Angela M
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal-recessive woolly hair (ARWH)/hypotrichosis is a hereditary hair disorder which is characterized by tightly curled hair and is associated with sparse hair. ARWH can be caused by mutations in the P2RY5 or lipase H (LIPH) gene. Disruption of either gene results in phenotypes with features of both wooly hair (WH) and hypotrichosis. In this study, we identified two Guyanese families with ARWH. Both families...
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