 Hypertrichosis
"Hypertrichosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Excessive hair growth at inappropriate locations, such as on the extremities, the head, and the back. It is caused by genetic or acquired factors, and is an androgen-independent process. This concept does not include HIRSUTISM which is an androgen-dependent excess hair growth in WOMEN and CHILDREN.
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D006983
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.329.875
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypertrichosis" by people in Profiles.
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DeStefano GM, Kurban M, Anyane-Yeboa K, Dall'Armi C, Di Paolo G, Feenstra H, Silverberg N, Rohena L, L?pez-Cepeda LD, Jobanputra V, Fantauzzo KA, Kiuru M, Tadin-Strapps M, Sobrino A, Vitebsky A, Warburton D, Levy B, Salas-Alanis JC, Christiano AM. Mutations in the cholesterol transporter gene ABCA5 are associated with excessive hair overgrowth. PLoS Genet. 2014; 10(5):e1004333.
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DeStefano GM, Fantauzzo KA, Petukhova L, Kurban M, Tadin-Strapps M, Levy B, Warburton D, Cirulli ET, Han Y, Sun X, Shen Y, Shirazi M, Jobanputra V, Cepeda-Valdes R, Cesar Salas-Alanis J, Christiano AM. Position effect on FGF13 associated with X-linked congenital generalized hypertrichosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 07; 110(19):7790-5.
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Fantauzzo KA, Kurban M, Levy B, Christiano AM. Trps1 and its target gene Sox9 regulate epithelial proliferation in the developing hair follicle and are associated with hypertrichosis. PLoS Genet. 2012; 8(11):e1003002.
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Kurban M, Kim CA, Kiuru M, Fantauzzo K, Cabral R, Abbas O, Levy B, Christiano AM. Copy number variations on chromosome 4q26-27 are associated with Cantu syndrome. Dermatology. 2011; 223(4):316-20.
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Fantauzzo KA, Tadin-Strapps M, You Y, Mentzer SE, Baumeister FA, Cianfarani S, Van Maldergem L, Warburton D, Sundberg JP, Christiano AM. A position effect on TRPS1 is associated with Ambras syndrome in humans and the Koala phenotype in mice. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Nov 15; 17(22):3539-51.
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Lucky AW, Biro FM, Daniels SR, Cedars MI, Khoury PR, Morrison JA. The prevalence of upper lip hair in black and white girls during puberty: a new standard. J Pediatr. 2001 Jan; 138(1):134-6.
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