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Autosomal dominant inheritance of central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia in black South Africans.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Apr 2014

Dlova Ncoza C, Jordaan Francois H, Sarig Ofer, Sprecher Eli

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BACKGROUND: Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is the commonest type of primary scarring alopecia in women of African descent. Little is currently known about the disease genetics. OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate patterns of inheritance in CCCA and ascertain the contribution of nongenetic factors such as hair-grooming habits to the pathogenesis of the disease. METHODS: Affected individuals with...

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PMID: 24480456
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.11.035

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