Identification of a novel sporadic U2HR pathogenic variant in a patient with Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis

Abstract

Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis (MUHH) is a rare autosomal dominant hair loss disorder characterized by coarse, wiry, and twisted hair developing during early childhood, and followed by progressive hair loss with puberty. We report a sporadic case of a 4-year-old boy with clinical features suggestive of MUHH, in whom we identified the new pathogenic variant c.67C>T; p.(Gln23*) in U2HR. This finding extends the known spectrum of U2HR variants underlying MUHH and increases genetic information for further genotype-phenotype correlation.

Keywords: alopecia; genotype; hypotrichosis; phenotype.