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Treatment of monilethrix with oral minoxidil

Rodney Sinclair

JAAD Case Reports · 2016 · 52 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

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.1

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