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Pili torti-onychodysplasia syndrome
Disease definition
A rare ectodermal dysplasia syndrome characterized by congenital onychodystrophy (particularly of the distal nail) and severe hypotrichosis with alopecia involving the eyebrows, eyelashes and body hair. Scalp, beard, pubic and axillary hair is brittle and shows a twisting pattern on electron microscopy. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1991.
ORPHA:2890
Classification level: DisorderA summary on this disease is available in Español (2019) Français (2019) Italiano (2019) Nederlands (2019)
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