40 citations
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February 1990 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology”
This study presents the first reported case of woolly hair nevus appearing during adolescence, with significant improvement observed 5 years later and structural changes in the hair documented.
6 citations
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February 2013 in “Veterinary Dermatology”
This case report describes the first documented occurrence of pili torti in a healthy young adult cat, marked by noninflammatory and nonpruritic symmetrical multifocal alopecia.
23 citations
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July 1994 in “Journal of Dermatological Science”
This study found that the twisted hairshafts characteristic of pili torti may result from uneven outer root sheath cell development, leading to irregular hairshaft modeling and twisting.
4 citations
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November 2016 in “The Journal of Dermatology”
This study found that the weak tensile strength of pili torti hair may result from loose keratin intermediate filaments due to abnormalities in disulfide bonds.
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