A Mutational Hotspot in the 2B Domain of Human Hair Basic Keratin 6 (hHb6) in Monilethrix Patients

November 1998 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology ”

Bernhard Korge, Eugene Healy, Colin S. Munro, Mark Birch-Machin, Susan C. Holmes, S. DARLINGTON, Henning Hamm, Andrew G. Messenger, Jonathan Rees, Heiko Traupe, Claudia Pünter

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