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Uncombable‐hair Syndrome
Author(s) -
Matis Wendy L.,
Baden Howard,
Green Richard,
Boiko Susan,
Lucky Anne W.,
Homstein Luisa,
Ashraf Muhanunad,
Hood Antoinette F.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1987.tb00781.x
Subject(s) - hair shaft , hair disease , medicine , cabello , dermatology , electron microscope , anatomy , hair follicle , endocrinology , optics , physics , scalp
Four children had short, unmanageable, pale blond hair. They had no associated abnormalities and no family histories of abnormal hair. Light microscopy of the hair was normal in three patients, with piii torti present in the fourth. Electron microscopy of hairs from all four children revealed longitudinal grooves in the hair shaft, diagnostic of uncombable‐hair syndrome.