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Monilethrix - Diagnostic Tests

Diagnostic Tests

Trichogram and trichoscopy.

Light-microscopic inspection reveals hair fibers with elliptical nodes of normal thickness that are regularly separated by dystrophic constrictions.

Molecular Genetic Tools

Causative genes

KRT81
KRT83
KRT86

Mutation Database

Causative genes

KRT81
KRT83
KRT86