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Hairy Nevus

Known as: Hair Nevus, Nevoid Hypertrichosis, hairy naevus 
A usually benign congenital skin growth that is often pigmented and sometimes develop coarse surface hair. There is a lifetime risk of transformation… 
National Institutes of Health

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Integumentary systemMelanocytic nevusNevusSkin

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2012
2012
Woolly Hair Nevus: A Rare Entity
Woolly hair nevus is a rare non-hereditary focal condition characterized by unruly and tightly coiled hair. It can appear in… 
1996
1996
Epidermal nevus syndrome: association with central precocious puberty and woolly hair nevus.
Review
1996
Review
1996
Linear Sebaceous Nevus Syndrome: Report of a Patient with Unusual Associated Abnormalities
A 9‐year‐old girl was diagnosed as having a linear sebaceous nevus syndrome (LSNS). The nevus sebaceus was located on the face… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Woolly hair nevus.
1989
1989
Woolly‐Hair Nevus: Report of a Case Associated with a Verrucous Epidermal Nevus in the Same Area
Abstract: We cared for a patient with woolly‐hair nevus (WHN) with hair of reduced diameter seen as oval shaped on transverse… 
1984
1984
Woolly‐Hair Nevus: A Case Report and Study by Scanning Electron Microscopy
Abstract: Woolly‐hair is a congenital defect that produces a localized patch of lightly colored, curly scalp hair. Scanning… 
1979
1979
Woolly hair nevus.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Reactivity of monoclonal anti‐melanoma antibodies with melanoma cells freshly isolated from primary and metastatic melanoma
Human melanoma cells, freshly obtained from nine primary and metastatic melanoma cases, were tested for binding of monoclonal… 
1971
1971
GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS IN GIANT PIGMENTED HAIRY NAEVUS
SUMMARY.— The pedigrees of 3 patients with giant pigmented hairy naevus (GPHN) were investigated. The occurrence of multiple… 
1958
1958
Woolly hair nevus; report of a case.
In April, 1927, Dr. Fred Wise reported on "a peculiar form of birthmark of the hair of the scalp, hitherto undescribed, with… 
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