Conditions / Skin
monilethrix 2
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A hair disease that is characterized by a 'beaded' appearance of affected hairs on microscopy, caused by elliptical nodes of normal thickness alternating with narrow, dystrophic constrictions and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the KRT81 ge
A hair disease that is characterized by a 'beaded' appearance of affected hairs on microscopy, caused by elliptical nodes of normal thickness alternating with narrow, dystrophic constrictions and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the KRT81 gene on chromosome 12q13.
Signs and symptoms
- Alopecia universalis
- Monilethrix
- Alopecia
- Slow-growing hair
- Follicular hyperkeratosis