atrichia


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atrichia

[ā′trik·ē·ə]
(medicine)
Any congenital or acquired condition in which hair is essentially absent.
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CONCLUSION: According to present knowledge no treatment option is available to stimulate hair growth in papular atrichia (3).
Atrichia with papular lesions; a variant of congenital Ectodermal dysplasia.
Genomic organization of human hairless gene (hr) and identification of a mutation underlying congenital Atrichia in Arab Palestinian family.
Atrichia with papular lesions--a case report
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