Hypotrichosis simplex due to a short anagen phaseQ84.0
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Barraud-Klenovsek MM et al., 2000
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Probably autosomal dominant inherited hypotrichosis, which becomes evident in childhood and is based on a disorder in the course of the hair cycle with a shortened anagen phase.
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Normal length hair at birth. The hair does not grow longer than a few centimetres in early childhood. A visit to the hairdresser is not necessary. The children described so far were strikingly blond. The hair itself shows a reduced diameter.
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The trichogram shows the pattern of a diffuse telogen effluvium with frontally and occipitally increased telogen rate (Barraud-Klenovsek MM et al. 2000).
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A therapy is not possible, but also not necessary.
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In contrast to other forms of hereditary hypotrichosis, "hypotrichosis simplex due to a short anagen phase" normalizes hair growth until adulthood.
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- Barraud-Klenovsek MM et al (2000) Congential hypotrichosis due to short anagen. Br J Dermatol 143: 612-617