Hair as a diagnostic tool in dysmorphology.
Clinical diagnosis in dysmorphology is made by the recognition of a specific pattern of malformations and through an analytic search for discrete features. We present our personal experience regarding the usefulness of hair morphology as a tool for diagnosis in some metabolic and malformation syndromes. These cases represent only a few illustrative examples; an exhaustive review of the topic can be found elsewhere.
Silengo
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Genetica Clinica, Dipartmento di Scienze Pediatriche e dell'Adolescenza, Universita'di Torino, Italy. silengo@pediatra.unito.it
Valenzise
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M
Sorasio
L
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Ferrero
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GB
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D007706:Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D028361:Mitochondrial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome