Bull's eye maculopathy with trichorhexis nodosa.
The authors report on a healthy young boy with a bull's eye maculopathy and trichorhexis nodosa. The combination, though hitherto unreported, is not unexpected because there exists an immunologic relationship between the retinal pigment epithelium and the hair bulb.
Pinckers
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Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
van der Werf
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Aandekerk
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D001284:Atrophy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006197:Hair / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology