Marie-Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

    March 2011 in “ Pediatric dermatology ”
    Joshua O. Podjasek, Jennifer L. Hand
    Studysummary This report describes a new case of Marie-Unna hereditary hypotrichosis in an 18-year-old girl, marking the first occurrence in a previously unaffected family.
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    Research cited in this study 3

    1. Loss-Of-Function Mutations of an Inhibitory Upstream ORF in the Human Hairless Transcript Cause Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis Nature Genetics · 2009
    2. Office Diagnosis of Hair Shaft Defects Seminars in cutaneous medicine and surgery · 2006
    3. A Distinct Gene Close to the Hairless Locus on Chromosome 8p Underlies Hereditary Marie Unna Type Hypotrichosis in a German Family British Journal of Dermatology · 2000

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