A novel missense mutation (C622G) in the zinc‐finger domain of the human hairless gene associated with congenital atrichia with papular lesions

April 2000 in “ Experimental Dermatology ”

Vincent M. Aita, Wasim Ahmad, Andrey A. Panteleyev, U. Kozlowska, Aleksandra Kozłowska, T. Conrad Gilliam, Stefania Jabłońska, Angela M. Christiano

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