Missing proteins explain century-old mystery of scalp skin absence in children

Children with the condition aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) are born with the absence of skin along the midline of the scalp.

source https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240103/Missing-proteins-explain-century-old-mystery-of-scalp-skin-absence-in-children.aspx

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