Monilethrix: A case report

• Main Authors: Puneet Agarwal (Author), Mahendra Kumar Chhaperwal (Author), Raj Kumar Besarwal (Author), Apurva Singh (Author), Arvind Verma (Author), Manisha Nijhawan (Author), Kishore Singh (Author), Dinesh Mathur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Monilethrix, the hair shaft is beaded and breaks easily. Elliptical nodes 0.7-1 mm apart, are separated by narrower internodes. Histologically, the follicles show wide and narrow zones corresponding to the nodes and internodes. Clinically, there is a considerable variation in age of onset, severi...