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THE FLAG SIGN IN THE HAIR OF AN ALCOHOLIC
Author(s) -
MACNAMAKA Helen,
Pavlk K.,
Chapman R. E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1981.tb00787.x
Subject(s) - flag (linear algebra) , medicine , sign (mathematics) , depigmentation , malnutrition , dermatology , pathology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pure mathematics , algebra over a field
SUMMARY A patient is presented with the “flag sign” which was associated with episodic malnutrition in an alcoholic. Diminished hair diameter, flating and loss of normal cuticle were found in areas of depigmentation but were sometimes dissociated suggesting different mechanisms within the general terms of “malnutrition”.