Monilethrix--improvement by hormonal influences?

Pediatr Dermatol. 1999 Jul-Aug;16(4):297-300. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.1999.00078.x.

Abstract

Monilethrix is a hereditary hair disorder that occurs monosymptomatically or as a monilethrix syndrome combined with other ectodermal anomalies. We report two siblings with the triple combination of monilethrix, keratosis pilaris, and koilonychia. In one of our patients, the hair disorder improved, with maximum hair growth up to 8 cm in length after her first menstrual period occurred, suggesting that hormonal influences may improve the hair disorders in monilethrix.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Cystine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Hair Diseases / drug therapy
  • Hair Diseases / genetics*
  • Hair Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Pedigree
  • Puberty / physiology*
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Cystine