Treatment of monilethrix with oral minoxidil
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Treatment of monilethrix with oral minoxidil
Fig 1. Patient 1. Dermascopic image of the occipital scalp shows numerous broken hairs. Beaded hairs pathognomic of monilethrix can be seen. INTRODUCTION Monilethrix is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis characterized by hair fragility, keratosis pilaris, and pathognomonic beading of the hair shaft. Hair fragility may lead to hair breakage and the appearance of generalized hair loss. The gene...
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MONILETHRIX, or "beading of the hair" (Fig. 1)* is a rare inherited abnormality in the formation of hair. It was first reported by Smith (1879) and named by' Crocker. The cohdition; is cotnnfonly fa-milial, although isolated non-familial cases have been recorded;-The scalp'hAir is' usually affected, biut many patients showing monilethrix of the pubic and axillary hair and of the eyebrows and ey...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAAD Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2352-5126
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2016.02.011