title: Hereditary hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp.
abstract: Hereditary hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp is a rare trait with onset in early childhood. This phenomenon has been reported only once previously, in a Spanish kindred. This communication describes a case in a Jewish-Yemenite kindred with 51 affected individuals and confirms autosomal dominant inheritance.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D007039:Hypotrichosis / Q000235:genetics*; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012535:Scalp; D015006:Yemen / Q000208:ethnology