Congenital Atrichia: A case report

Authors

  • K Nabizadeh
  • M Farshchian
Abstract:

We report a twenty-seven-year-old man with the absence of hair on the scalp and eyebrows, which began shortly after his birth. One of his brothers had this problem too. Considering clinical signs and skin biopsy report of the patient, a diagnosis of congenital atrichia was made. The latest findings on the genetic of this disease will be reviewed.

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Journal title

volume 4  issue 2

pages  29- 32

publication date 2001-01-01

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