Conditions / Skin
monilethrix 3
info · Skin
A hair disease that is characterized by periodic narrowing ('beading') along the hair shaft visible on microscopy and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the KRT83 gene on chromosome 12q13.
Signs and symptoms
- Scarring
- Monilethrix
- Brittle hair
- Alopecia
- Alopecia of scalp
- Follicular hyperkeratosis