The chapter ends with a discussion of medical conditions that might be involved in " real " lycanthropy : dementia, rabies, porphyria and congenital generalized hypertrichosis.
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FCP is sometimes seen together with other signs of internal cancer, especially malignant acanthosis nigricans, tripe palms, Leser Tr�lat sign, and hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita.
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The signs may present from birth and include severe photosensitivity, brown teeth that fluoresce in ultraviolet light due to deposition of Type 1 porphyrins, and later hypertrichosis.
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By contrast, if a boy inherits from his mother the X chromosome with the hypertrichosis mutation, he has no second X to give him some buffer against its effect.
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Beyond beards, a recently found gene mutation causes congenital generalized hypertrichosis, a type of extreme hairiness all over the body, including the cheeks, nose and eye areas.
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Acquired forms of hypertrichosis have a variety of sources, and are usually treated by removing the factor causing hypertrichosis, e . g . a medication with undesired side-effects.
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Acquired forms of hypertrichosis have a variety of sources, and are usually treated by removing the factor causing hypertrichosis, e . g . a medication with undesired side-effects.
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If over 40 cm projected adult diameter with hypertrichosis, it is sometimes called giant hairy nevus; more usually these largest forms are known as large or giant congenital melanocytic nevus.
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In fact, persons with generalized hypertrichosis _ hyper meaning excess, and trichosis, hair _ are even hairier than chimpanzees or gorillas, which lack fur around the cheeks, nose and eyes.
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Would that the hypertrichosis atavism could be reactivated en masse, thereby giving us all pelts and eliminating in a single stroke prudery, fashion and the chronic shortage of closet space . _ NATALIE ANGIER
