Hair-shaft abnormality in a 7-year-old girl. Trichorrhexis nodosa dueto biotinidase deficiency

JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Mar;149(3):357-63. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.1490b.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biotin / administration & dosage
  • Biotinidase Deficiency / complications*
  • Biotinidase Deficiency / drug therapy
  • Child
  • Female
  • Hair / abnormalities*
  • Hair Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Hair Diseases / etiology
  • Hair Diseases / pathology
  • Humans
  • Microscopy
  • Trichothiodystrophy Syndromes / diagnosis*
  • Trichothiodystrophy Syndromes / etiology
  • Trichothiodystrophy Syndromes / pathology

Substances

  • Biotin

Supplementary concepts

  • Trichorrhexis nodosa syndrome