Identification of a U2HR gene mutation in Turkish families with Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Duzenli S ^b   Redler, S ^a   Muller M ^a   Polat, M ^b   Dogruer, D ^b   Pasternack, S M ^a   Betz, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTRICHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARIE UNNA HEREDITARY HYPOTRICHOSIS; MIDDLE EAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); U2HR GENE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENOTYPE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; SCALP; TURKEY;

EID: 72549102913     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03644.x     Document Type: Article

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