Role of the vitamin D receptor in hair follicle biology

Mice lacking the vitamin D receptor exhibit impaired bone formation, uterine hypoplasia and growth retardation after weaning

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Targeted ablation of the vitamin D receptor: An animal model of vitamin D-dependent rickets type II with alopecia

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Duodenal calcium absorption in vitamin D receptor–knockout mice: Functional and molecular aspects

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Alopecia Universalis Associated with a Mutation in the Human <i>hairless</i> Gene

Wasim Ahmad, Muhammad Faiyaz ul Haque, Valeria Brancolini et al. · Science · 1998 · 414 citations

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Deletion of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Binding Domain of the Vitamin D Receptor Abrogates Genomic and Nongenomic Functions of Vitamin D

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