Woolly hair

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Woolly hair

Synonyms: Familial woolly hair syndrome | Familial wooly hair syndrome | Hereditary woolly hair syndrome | Hereditary wooly hair syndrome | Wooly hair

A rare congenital skin disease defined as an abnormality of the structure of the scalp hair and characterized by extreme kinkiness of the hair.

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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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