Pili annulati

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Pili annulati
Classification and external resources
Specialty medical genetics
ICD-10 Q84.1 (ILDS Q84.110)
ICD-9-CM 757.4

Pili annulati (also known as "Ringed hair"[1]) is a genetic trait in which the hair seems banded by alternating segments of light and dark color when seen in reflected light.[1][2]:767[3]:640[4]

In popular culture[edit]

R. Austin Freeman used Pili annulati as a plot point in his book The Jacob Street Mystery (1942), published in the USA as The Unconscious Witness.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0. 
  2. ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
  3. ^ Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-138076-0.
  4. ^ http://www.omim.org/entry/180600