Article
[Mutation of the human hairless gene in atrichia universalis].
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete - 1 Sept 1998
Trüeb R M
Abstract excerpt
Recently a mutation of the human homologue of the murine hairless gene on chromosome 8p12 has been demonstrated in a Parkistani kindred with autosomal recessive atrichia universalis. Of the various forms of hereditary human hair loss, collectively and incorrectly termed alopecias, congenital universal alopecia, or rather atrichia, represents a rare disease which has nothing to do with the most frequent causes of...
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