uncombable hair syndrome

[MIM*191480]

a genetic syndrome in which the hair, which is often silvery blond, is unruly and resists lying flat because of irregularly shaped hair shafts.

Synonym(s): spun glass hair

uncombable hair syndrome

[MIM*191480]

a genetic syndrome in which the hair, which is often silvery blond, is unruly and resists lying flat because of irregularly shaped hair shafts.

Synonym(s): spun glass hair

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

An autosomal dominant [MIM 191480] condition characterised by the growth of silver blonde scalp hair in directional ‘anarchy’—i.e., it cannot be combed flat. Uncombable hair may be idiopathic or associated with ectodermal dysplasia, progressive alopecia, atopic eczema, dental dysplasia, or ichthyosis vulgaris

un·comb·a·ble hair syn·drome

(ŭn-kōm'ă-bĕl hār sin'drōm)

A genetic disorder in which the hair, which is often silvery blond, is unruly and resists lying flat because of irregularly shaped hair shafts.
Synonym(s): spun glass hair.

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"The different properties of hair among persons of African ancestry and those of European ancestry may explain, in part, the different clinical consequences of PADI3 mutations in CCCA and in the uncombable hair syndrome," they wrote.

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Wynter Seymour has uncombable hair syndrome, which is thought to affect just 100 people worldwide and is believed to have counted Albert Einstein as a sufferer.

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Uitto also noted that uncombable hair syndrome, a rare disorder not associated with alopecia or scarring, also has been associated with mutations in PAD 13.

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