Prepubertal hypertrichosis: normal or abnormal?
Open Access
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 63 (6) , 666-668
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.63.6.666
Abstract
The pattern of hair growth, morphology of the hair shafts, and the hair root state are described in four girls and two boys with prepubertal hypertrichosis. The exact nosology of this form of excessive hair growth is discussed in relation to hirsuties and the possibility of it representing an 'atavistic' trait.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Normal Hair Growth in ChildrenPediatric Dermatology, 1987
- [Body hair: an atavistic relic?].1987
- [Ethnic variations of scalp hair].1985