RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prepubertal hypertrichosis: normal or abnormal?
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 666
OP 668
DO 10.1136/adc.63.6.666
VO 63
IS 6
A1 J H Barth
A1 J D Wilkinson
A1 R P Dawber
YR 1988
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/6/666.abstract
AB 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.