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Diffuse partial woolly hair in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa simplex with mottled pigmentation

Author(s) -

RalphM Trüeb,

Agnieszka Gerkowicz

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of trichology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 0974-9241

pISSN - 0974-7753

DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.138598

Subject(s) - dermatology , scalp , epidermolysis bullosa , epidermolysis bullosa simplex , hair shaft , ectodermal dysplasia , medicine , dysplasia , pathology , hair follicle

Diffuse partial woolly hair (DPWH) is an uncommon pilar dysplasia defined by the presence of two hair shaft populations with wooly hairs distributed diffusely among normal hairs throughout the scalp. So far the condition has been reported as an isolated disorder with familial occurrence. We report a case of DPWH in 35-year-old female patient with epidermolysis bullosa with mottled pigmentation.

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