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Hair Polarized Microscopy

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Polarized light microscopy is used in the diagnosis of congenital and acquired hair shaft abnormalities such as twists, nodosities, or other hair shaft irregularities. When alternating bright and dark bands are revealed along the hair shafts, the diagnosis of trichothiodystrophy can be made.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Koszykowa 82a, 00-005, Warsaw, Poland

    Adriana Rakowska

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France

    Philippe Humbert

  2. Center for Study and Research on the Integuments, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France

    Ferial Fanian

  3. Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

  4. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France

    Pierre Agache

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Rakowska, A. (2017). Hair Polarized Microscopy. In: Humbert, P., Fanian, F., Maibach, H., Agache, P. (eds) Agache's Measuring the Skin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32383-1_116

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