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Hypertrichosis is hair growth abnormal for age, sex or race or for a particular body part. It must be distinguished from hirsutism, which is male pattern hair growth in a female or child.1 2 Hypertrichosis is classified based on age of onset (congenital vs acquired), distribution (localised vs generalised) and type of hair (vellus vs terminal).3
A growth-restricted female infant required a high …
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Contributors MP wrote the first draft. SN and NM were involved in the care of the patient and also went through the report and made the necessary changes. NM as the senior author revised final manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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