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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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Woolly hair nevus: A rare entity
V Venugopal, Subashini Karthikeyan, Pushpa Gnanaraj, Murali Narasimhan
Department of Dermatology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRM Nagar, Potheri, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
V Venugopal
New No-22, Dr. Nair Road, B-4, Vaishali Apartments, T-Nagar, Chennai - 600 017, Tamilnadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.96090
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Woolly hair nevus is a rare non-hereditary focal condition characterized by unruly and tightly coiled hair. It can appear in childhood or adolescence and may be associated with epidermal or melanocytic nevus. Patients presenting with woolly hair must be examined completely to rule out cardiofaciocutaneous and Noonan syndrome. |
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