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Identification of LIPH gene mutation in a consanguineous family segregating the woolly hair/hypotrichosis phenotype.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association - 1 Nov 2011
Shah Sayed Hajan, Abid Aiysha, Shahid Saba, Khaliq Shagufta
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify the disease causing gene in a four generation consanguineous family in which eleven family members were suffering from Woolly hair/hypotrichosis phenotype. METHODS: Linkage analysis was carried out to identify the disease-causing gene in this family. Genomic DNA of all the available family members was genotyped for the microsatellite markers for all the known woolly hair/hypotrichosis...
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