title: Acquired nonscarring diffuse hair loss in a 3-year-old girl.
abstract: A 3-year-old girl showed fine, sparse, and brittle scalp hair without signs of cicatricial cutaneous alterations. Dermoscopy as well as scanning electron microscopy revealed elliptical nodes as well as constricted regions along the hair shaft.
authors.affiliation: Department o f Dermatology and Allergology, Allergieklinik, Hochgebirgsklinik, Herman-Burchard-Street 1, 7265 Davos, Switzerland. matthias.moehrenschlager@hgk.ch
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Möhrenschlager
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Weichenmeier
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lauener
authors.forename: Wolf-Ingo
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Worret
authors.forename: Johannnes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ring
authors.forename: Heidrun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Behrendt
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D046169:Dermoscopy; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D056734:Monilethrix / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure