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monilethrix 2 (DOID:0061152)
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Alt IDs: OMIM:621169
Definition: A hair disease that is characterized by a 'beaded' appearance of affected hairs on microscopy, caused by elliptical nodes of normal thickness alternating with narrow, dystrophic constrictions and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the KRT81 gene on chromosome 12q13.

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