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Brittle hair

Known as: Fragilitas crinium, hair brittle 
Fragile, easily breakable hair, i.e., with reduced tensile strength. [DDD:cmoss]
National Institutes of Health

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Craniolenticulosutural DysplasiaFocal Dermal HypoplasiaIchthyosis linearis circumflexaMANDIBULOACRAL DYSPLASIA WITH TYPE B LIPODYSTROPHY

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2012
2012
Off-Target Function of the Sonic Hedgehog Inhibitor Cyclopamine in Mediating Apoptosis via Nitric Oxide–Dependent Neutral Sphingomyelinase 2/Ceramide Induction
Sonic hedgehog (SHh) signaling is important in the pathogenesis of various human cancers, such as medulloblastomas, and it has… 
2009
2009
The effects of biotin supplementation on serum and liver tissue biotinidase enzyme activity and alopecia in rats which were administrated to valproic acid
2004
2004
A recurrent intragenic deletion in the desmoglein 4 gene underlies localized autosomal recessive hypotrichosis.
Abbreviations: DSG4/DSG4, human desmoglein 4 gene/protein mouse desmoglein 4 gene/protein; LAH, localized autosomal recessive… 
2001
2001
Association of mitral annular calcium with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease in older persons.
Review
1995
Review
1995
Nucleotide excision repair syndromes: molecular basis and clinical symptoms.
The phenotypic consequences of a nucleotide excision repair (NER) defect in man are apparent from three distinct inborn diseases… 
1994
1994
Bubble hair: a cosmetic abnormality caused by brief, focal heating of damp hair fibres
Following investigation of two individuals with bubble hair abnormality, a reproducible cause has been established. Simple… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Genetic heterogeneity of the excision repair defect associated with trichothiodystrophy.
Trichothiodystrophy (TTD) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by brittle hair with reduced sulfur content, mental… 
1992
1992
Clinical response of alopecia, trichorrhexis nodosa, and dry, scaly skin to zinc supplementation.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The physicochemical properties of hair in the BIDS syndrome.
The physicochemical properties of hair from a new recessive syndrome associated with brittle hair, intellectual impairment… 
1968
1968
Loss of hearing following the syndrome of Van der Hoeve-de Kleyn.
Osteogenesis imperfecta, often called the syndrome of Van der Hoeve-de Kleyn, consists of blue sclerae, fragilitas ossium and… 
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