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    Glossary Woolly Hair

    rare genetic condition with tightly coiled, fragile hair

    Woolly hair is a rare genetic condition characterized by tightly coiled, curly hair that resembles wool. This hair type is often fragile and prone to breakage. It can occur as an isolated trait or be associated with other conditions, such as Naxos disease, which also involves heart and skin abnormalities.

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    1. A Missense Mutation within the Helix Initiation Motif of the Keratin K71 Gene Underlies Autosomal Dominant Woolly Hair/Hypotrichosis Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2012 · 78 citations
    2. Woolly hair nevus Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 1990 · 40 citations
    3. A rare case of woolly hair with unusual associations Indian dermatology online journal · 2013 · 12 citations
    4. The medusa head: Dermoscopic diagnosis of woolly hair syndrome International Journal of Trichology · 2012 · 7 citations
    5. [Wooly hair syndrome. Clinical and microscopic study]. PubMed · 1987 · 2 citations
    6. A Homozygous Missense Variant in K25 Underlying Overlapping Phenotype with Woolly Hair and Dental Anomalies 2022 · 2 citations
    7. Loose Anagen Hair Associated with Wooly Hair Caused by a Heterozygous, Intronic KRT71 Variant Genes · 2025
    8. WOOLY HAIR PALMOPLANTAR KERATODERMA : A CASE REPORT International Journal of Advanced Research · 2024
    9. Clinicopathological insights into the phenotypic variation of autosomal recessive hypotrichosis/wooly hair by c.736T>A LIPH mutation Journal of dermatological science · 2016
    10. Disruption of P2RY5, an orphan G protein–coupled receptor, underlies autosomal recessive woolly hair Nature genetics · 2008 · 210 citations
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