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  3. Marie-Unna hereditary hypotrichosis: case report and review of the literature

Marie-Unna hereditary hypotrichosis: case report and review of the literature

  • Pediatr Dermatol. 2011 Mar-Apr;28(2):202-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01387.x.
Joshua O Podjasek 1,  Jennifer L Hand
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
PMID: 21504454 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01387.x
Abstract

We present an 18-year-old girl with progressively worsening hair thinning and loss since puberty. Her clinical history, physical examination, and pathology results were consistent with Marie-Unna hereditary hypotrichosis, a rare cause of autosomal dominant hereditary hair loss. She had no family history of similar hair loss and represents the first report of a new case of Marie-Unna hereditary hypotrichosis within a previously unaffected family.

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