Patients No. (%) | |
Hair feature | 112 (100) |
Brittle hair or hair shaft abnormality | 108 (96) |
Brittle hair | 98 (88) |
Hair shaft abnormality | 76 (68) |
Tiger tail | 82 (73) |
Decreased sulfur or cystine | 79 (71) |
Sparse hair | 54 (48) |
Alopecia | 44 (39) |
Hair loss with fever or infection | 8 (7) |
Dry hair | 24 (21) |
Fine hair | 16 (14) |
Slow growing hair | 8 (7) |
Long hair | 5 (4) |
Nail feature | 70 (63) |
Onychodystrophy* | 41 (37) |
Brittle nails | 16 (14) |
Hypoplasia | 15 (13) |
Koilonychia | 13 (12) |
Splitting (onychoschizia); peeling | 8 (7) |
Ridging | 7 (6) |
Other† | 3 (3) |
Normal nails; not reported | 14 (13); 28 (25) |
Total | 112 (100) |
*We collated reports of dysplasia, dystrophic nails, thickening and yellow discoloration as onychodystrophy.
†Slow growing nails (2 patients) and soft nails (1).