Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis: A Turkish Family with Loss of Eyebrows and a U2HR Mutation

    Ayşe Tülin Mansur, Nursel Elçioğlu, Silke Redler … Nurten Akarsu
    Studysummary This study reports a mutation in the U2HR gene causing Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis in a Turkish family and notes eyebrow loss as a diagnostic clue.
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    Research cited in this study 3

    1. APCDD1 Is a Novel Wnt Inhibitor Mutated in Hereditary Hypotrichosis Simplex Nature · 2010
    2. Loss-Of-Function Mutations of an Inhibitory Upstream ORF in the Human Hairless Transcript Cause Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis Nature Genetics · 2009
    3. Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis Gene Maps to Human Chromosome 8p21 Near Hairless Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2000

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