A Homozygous Nonsense Mutation in the Zinc-Finger Domain of the Human Hairless Gene Underlies Congenital Atrichia

August 1999 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology ”

Wasim Ahmad, Kazuo Nomura, John A. McGrath, Isao Hashimoto, Angela M. Christiano

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