Bamboo Hair Syndrome or Netherton Syndrome - A Case Report

Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 3

Abstract

Netherton Syndrome (AKA- Bamboo Hair Syndrome) is a non treatable, Autosomal Recessive Disorder of infancy and childhood, so has no sex predilection. Family history may reveal consanguinity. There is triad - A] Ichthyosiform linearis circumflexa B] Hair Shaft Defect like trichorrhexis invaginata & C] Atopic Diathesis.

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Puja Balpande

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  • EP ID EP600273
  • DOI 10.9790/0853-1603106769.
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Puja Balpande (2017). Bamboo Hair Syndrome or Netherton Syndrome - A Case Report. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS), 16(3), 67-69. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-600273