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HJMD [1 record]

Record 1 2025-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Skin Appendages
  • Visual Disorders
CONT

Hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy is a rare autosomal recessive disease, characterized by hypotrichosis and progressive macular degeneration, leading to blindness in the first three decades of life. It is associated with mutations in the cadherin 3 gene, resulting in the abnormal expression of P-cadherin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Phanères
  • Troubles de la vision
CONT

L'hypotrichose congénitale avec dystrophie maculaire juvénile [...] est une affection rare de transmission autosomique récessive, caractérisée par l'association de cheveux courts et épars dès les premiers mois de vie et d'une dystrophie maculaire progressive aboutissant à la cécité entre les 2e et 4e [décennies].

OBS

[L'hypotrichose congénitale avec dystrophie maculaire juvénile] est liée à une mutation sur le gène CDH3 codant la P-cadhérine, glycoprotéine essentielle de l'adhésion cellulaire.

Spanish

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