title: Monilethrix--improvement by hormonal influences?
abstract: Monilethrix is a hereditary hair disorder that occurs monosymptomatically or as a monilethrix syndrome combined with other ectodermal anomalies. We report two siblings with the triple combination of monilethrix, keratosis pilaris, and koilonychia. In one of our patients, the hair disorder improved, with maximum hair growth up to 8 cm in length after her first menstrual period occurred, suggesting that hormonal influences may improve the hair disorders in monilethrix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Hospital Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gebhardt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Claussen
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wollina
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Elsner
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003553:Cystine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree; D011627:Puberty / Q000502:physiology*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D003553:Cystine