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Abstract
Benign childhood alopecia that improves spontaneously with aging. It is characterized by anagen hairs (misshapen hair bulbs and absent inner and outer root sheaths), thin, and sparse hairs that pulls out easily.
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- Loose Anagen Syndrome
- Anagen Syndrome, Loose
- Anagen Syndromes, Loose
- Loose Anagen Syndromes
- Syndrome, Loose Anagen
- Syndromes, Loose Anagen
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2011
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- Hair Diseases (1990-2010)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Loose Anagen Hair Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058247. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058247
- Loose Anagen Hair Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_anagen_syndrome
- Loose Anagen Hair Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3961659