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Acquired nonscarring diffuse hair loss in a 3-year-old girl

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A 3-year-old girl showed fine, sparse, and brittle scalp hair without signs of cicatricial cutaneous alterations. Dermoscopy as well as scanning electron microscopy revealed elliptical nodes as well as constricted regions along the hair shaft.

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  1. Department o f Dermatology and Allergology, Allergieklinik, Hochgebirgsklinik, Herman-Burchard-Street 1, 7265, Davos, Switzerland

    Matthias Möhrenschlager

  2. ZAUM—Zentrum Allergie und Umwelt, Helmholtz Center Munich/Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

    Ingrid Weichenmeier, Wolf-Ingo Worret, Johannnes Ring & Heidrun Behrendt

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Allergieklinik, Hochgebirgsklinik, Davos, Switzerland

    Roger Lauener

  4. Christine Kühne—Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE), Davos and Zürich, Switzerland/Munich, Germany

    Roger Lauener, Johannnes Ring & Heidrun Behrendt

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Möhrenschlager, M., Weichenmeier, I., Lauener, R. et al. Acquired nonscarring diffuse hair loss in a 3-year-old girl. Eur J Pediatr 170, 127–128 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-010-1257-9

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