Trichodysplasia-xeroderma syndrome

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Trichodysplasia-xeroderma syndrome

Trichodysplasia-xeroderma syndrome is an extremely rare syndromic hair shaft anomaly characterized by sparse coarse brittle excessively dry and slow-growing scalp hair sparse axillary and pubic hair sparse or absent eyelashes and eyebrows and dry skin. Hair shaft analysis shows pili torti longitudinal splitting grooves peeling and scaling. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1987.

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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orphadata.org. Data version March 2024

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