Two New Unrelated Cases of Hereditary 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D-Resistant Rickets with Alopecia Resulting from the Same Novel Nonsense Mutation in the Vitamin D Receptor Gene

January 2010 in “ Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism ”

Nikta Forghani, Catherine K. Lum, Sowmya Krishnan, Jining Wang, Darrell M. Wilson, Piers R. Blackett, Peter J. Malloy, David Feldman

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research A Unique Insertion/Duplication in the VDR Gene That Truncates the VDR Causing Hereditary 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D-Resistant Rickets Without Alopecia

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research A Girl with a Novel Splice Site Mutation in <i>VDR</i> Supports the Role of a Ligand-Independent VDR Function on Hair Cycling

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research Ligand-Independent Actions of the Vitamin D Receptor Maintain Hair Follicle Homeostasis

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research Atrichia Caused by Mutations in the Vitamin D Receptor Gene Is a Phenocopy of Generalized Atrichia Caused by Mutations in the Hairless Gene

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