Recalcitrant Female Pattern Hair Loss Like Alopecia Unveils Unexpected Rare Entity

    January 2025 in “ Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology ”
    Ahmed H. Nouh, Fatma Elgendy, Fatma Gobran, Maryna Zhuravlova
    Studysummary This article reports the first documented cases of Marie-Unna hereditary hypotrichosis in Egypt, highlighting the variability of genetic mutations in this rare form of congenital hair loss.
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    Research cited in this study 6

    1. Marie-Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis International Journal of Trichology · 2014
    2. A Newly Identified Missense Mutation of the HR Gene Is Associated with a Novel, Unusual Phenotype of Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis 1 Including Limb Deformities Archives of Dermatological Research · 2012
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    4. Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis: A Turkish Family with Loss of Eyebrows and a U2HR Mutation American Journal of Medical Genetics - Part A · 2010
    5. Loss-Of-Function Mutations of an Inhibitory Upstream ORF in the Human Hairless Transcript Cause Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis Nature Genetics · 2009
    6. 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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