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SUBMITTER: Tariq M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3470015 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tariq Muhammad M Azhar Aysha A Baig Shahid Mahmood SM Dahl Niklas N Klar Joakim J
Scientific reports 20121012
Mutations in the lipase member H (LIPH) gene cause autosomal recessive hypotrichosis with woolly hair. We report herein on five consanguineous families from Pakistan segregating hypotrichosis and woolly hair. Genetic investigation using polymorphic microsatellite markers revealed homozygosity for a region spanning the HYPT7 locus on chromosome 3 in affected individuals of all five families. Sequence analysis of the LIPH gene revealed a novel nonsense mutation (p.Arg260X) associated with hypotric ...[more]