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Skin and hair abnormalities of Cantu syndrome: A congenital hypertrichosis due to a genetic alteration mimicking the pharmacological effect of minoxidil.
The Journal of dermatology - 1 Mar 2020
Ohko Kentaro, Nakajima Kimiko, Nakajima Hideki, Hiraki Yoko, Kubota Kazuo, Fukao Toshiyuki, Miyatake Satoko, Matsumoto Naomichi, Sano Shigetoshi
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Cantu syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder, first described by Cantu in 1982, that is characterized by congenital hypertrichosis, characteristic facial anomalies and cardiomegaly. Recent investigations have revealed that this syndrome is caused by mutations of ABCC9, which encodes a regulatory subunit of SUR2, an adenosine triphosphate-mediated potassium channel opener, expressed not only in smooth muscle...
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