A gene for hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp maps to chromosome 6p21.3

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1979-1983

  Betz, Regina C ^a   Lee, Young Ae ^b   Bygum, Anette ^c   Brandrup, Flemming ^c   Bernal, Ana I ^d   Toribio, Jaime ^d   Alvarez, J Ignacio ^e   Kukuk, Guido M ^a   Ibsen, Hans Henning W ^c   Rasmussen, Hanne B ^c   Wienker, Thomas F ^a   Reis, André ^b   Propping, Peter ^a   Kruse, Roland ^f   Cichon, Sven ^a   Nöthen, Markus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e Cruz Roja de Valladolid   (Spain)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; HAIR GROWTH; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTRICHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR;

EID: 0033941849     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302934     Document Type: Article

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