Wooly hair nevus

Woolly hair nevus is a rare condition characterized by a structural anomaly of the hair, restricted to certain areas of the scalp. The hair becomes coiled and slightly hypopigmented. The term woolly hair refers to changes that affect all the scalp and has a hereditary character. We present a case of...

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Autores principales: Fernandes, Karen de Almeida Pinto, Fernandes, Karina de Almeida Pinto, Vargas, Thiago Jeunon de Sousa, Melo, Daniel Fernandes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29267480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175289
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author Fernandes, Karen de Almeida Pinto
Fernandes, Karina de Almeida Pinto
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description Woolly hair nevus is a rare condition characterized by a structural anomaly of the hair, restricted to certain areas of the scalp. The hair becomes coiled and slightly hypopigmented. The term woolly hair refers to changes that affect all the scalp and has a hereditary character. We present a case of woolly hair nevus, that developed at the age of 2 years, associated with dental diastema and verrucous epidermal nevus.
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spelling pubmed-57267112017-12-18 Wooly hair nevus Fernandes, Karen de Almeida Pinto Fernandes, Karina de Almeida Pinto Vargas, Thiago Jeunon de Sousa Melo, Daniel Fernandes An Bras Dermatol Case Report Woolly hair nevus is a rare condition characterized by a structural anomaly of the hair, restricted to certain areas of the scalp. The hair becomes coiled and slightly hypopigmented. The term woolly hair refers to changes that affect all the scalp and has a hereditary character. We present a case of woolly hair nevus, that developed at the age of 2 years, associated with dental diastema and verrucous epidermal nevus. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5726711/ /pubmed/29267480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175289 Text en ©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
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