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Acquired nonscarring diffuse hair loss in a 3-year-old girl.

Authors :
Möhrenschlager M
Weichenmeier I
Lauener R
Worret WI
Ring J
Behrendt H
Source :
European journal of pediatrics [Eur J Pediatr] 2011 Jan; Vol. 170 (1), pp. 127-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jul 29.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

A 3-year-old girl showed fine, sparse, and brittle scalp hair without signs of cicatricial cutaneous alterations. Dermoscopy as well as scanning electron microscopy revealed elliptical nodes as well as constricted regions along the hair shaft.

Subjects

Subjects :
Alopecia pathology
Child, Preschool
Dermoscopy
Female
Hair pathology
Hair ultrastructure
Humans
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Scalp pathology
Scalp ultrastructure
Alopecia etiology
Monilethrix diagnosis
Monilethrix pathology

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1432-1076
Volume :
170
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
European journal of pediatrics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
20669032
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-010-1257-9
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