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Familial Isolated Trichomegaly
An eyelid disease characterized by prolonged anagen phase of the eyelash hairs resulting in extremely long eyelashes that is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the FGF5 gene on chromosome 4q21.21.
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Overview
An eyelid disease characterized by prolonged anagen phase of the eyelash hairs resulting in extremely long eyelashes that is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the FGF5 gene on chromosome 4q21.21.
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