Mutational analysis of 29 patients with autosomal-recessive woolly hair and hypotrichosis: LIPH mutations are extremely predominant in autosomal-recessive woolly hair and hypotrichosis in Japan

Br J Dermatol. 2017 Jul;177(1):290-292. doi: 10.1111/bjd.15070. Epub 2017 Jun 6.

Authors

T Takeichi¹, K Tanahashi¹, T Taki¹, M Kono¹, K Sugiura², M Akiyama¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
² Department of Dermatology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.

PMID: 27641630
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.15070

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Founder Effect
Hair / abnormalities*
Hair Diseases / genetics*
Humans
Hypotrichosis / genetics*
Infant
Japan
Lipase / genetics*
Male
Young Adult

Substances

LIPC protein, human
Lipase

Supplementary concepts

Woolly Hair, Autosomal Recessive