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White piedra
Author(s) -
Ghorpade Ashok,
Ramanan Cherukot
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1994.tb00092.x
Subject(s) - medicine , miconazole nitrate , lotion , scalp , dermatology , white (mutation) , traditional medicine , miconazole , antifungal , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Two female patients having white piedra of the scalp hairs are reported. Both the patients presented with hair loss and whitish nodules on the hairs. In both, the diagnosis was confirmed by KOH examination and culture. A remarkable improvement was observed after use of 2% miconazole nitrate lotion for 8 weeks.