title: Congenital hypotrichosis in male basset hound littermates.
abstract: Four Basset Hound littermates, each 4 weeks old, with predominantly mahogany coats, had congenital focal alopecia especially affecting the head and dorsal pelvic region. Two predominantly black-coated female littermates were clinically normal. Histologic diagnosis was hypotrichosis.
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007039:Hypotrichosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male