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Acquired Structural Defects of the Hair
Author(s) -
Chetty G. Nanjappa,
Kamalam A.,
Thambiah A. S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1981.tb00422.x
Subject(s) - medicine , shampoo , dermatology , hair shaft , strongyloides , hair disease , pathology , immunology , helminths , hair follicle
Acquired hair shaft abnormalities resembling genetic trichorrhexis nodosa were seen In two patient's. Selenium shampoo and bacterial infection with trichomycosis axillaris may have been the contributing factors. There is a possibility that strongyloides larvae caused trichonodosis in one patient.