Hair Casts (Pseudonits) in a 9-Year-Old Girl

October 2012 in “ CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal ”

Ricardo Ruiz‐Villaverde, Manuel Galán‐Gutiérrez

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Studysummary This article describes a 9-year-old girl with whitish granules on her hair, evaluated in a dermatology clinic, but the abstract does not report a diagnosis or new results.

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research Hair Casts: Classification, Staining Characteristics, And Differential Diagnosis

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