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Monilethrix

Known as: Congenital beaded hair, hair beaded, Hairs, Nodose 
Rare autosomal dominant disorder of the hair shaft. The clinical features of the disease include HYPOTRICHOSIS, dry, and/or brittle hair, with… 
National Institutes of Health

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Autosomal dominant inheritanceBrittle hairDystrophia unguiumGenetic Heterogeneity

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Journey toward unraveling the molecular basis of hereditary hair disorders.
2010
2010
Monilethrix in Pattern Distribution in Siblings: Diagnosis by Trichoscopy
Monilethrix is a heritable hair shaft defect characterized by localized or diffuse alopecia resulting from hair fragility over… 
2000
2000
A Novel Missense Mutation, A118E, in the Helix Initiation Motif of the Type II Hair Cortex Keratin hHb6, Causing Monilethrix
The pedigree of the family is shown in figure 1. Proband III-6 exhibited diffuse hypotrichosis and onychodystrophy since the age… 
1996
1996
Cuticle cell defects in lamellar ichthyosis hair and anomalous hair shaft syndromes visualized after detergent extraction
The biochemical bases for fragility in most of the rare brittle hair shaft syndromes are unknown. The hypothesis being… 
1992
1992
Variations in the Beading Configuration in Monilethrix
Abstract: Using information from a light microscope integrated with a computer, we quantified the variation in node and internode… 
1989
1989
Electrocardiographic QT Prolongation after Ablation of the Nodose Placode in the Chick Embryo: A Developmental Model of the Idiopathic Long QT Syndrome1
ABSTRACT: Electrocardiographic abnormalities characteristic of the idiopathic long QT syndrome are thought to be caused by an… 
1982
1982
The genetic analysis of monilethrix in a large inbred kindred.
The gene for monilethrix was segregating in a large inbred kindred. Pedigree analysis reaffirms an autosomal dominant mode of… 
1977
1977
Weathering of hair in monilethrix and pili torti
The structure of plucked monilethrix and pili torti hairs has been studied and the progressive degenerative changes (‘weathering… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Scanning electron microscopy of normal and abnormal hair shafts.
Normal hair and hair from patients with pili annulati, pili torti, trichorrhexis nodosa, and monilethrix have been examined using… 
1969
1969
AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF HAIR GROWTH AND RHYTHM IN MONILETHRIX
SUMMARY. Two patients with monilethrix have been studied. The rate of growth of beaded hair in the scalp was slightly but… 
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