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April 2024 in “Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia” A hair growth ointment improved hair length in a family with a genetic hair growth condition.
May 2010 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” A mutation in the KRT74 gene causes woolly hair by affecting hair texture.
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