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Letter to the Editor
Trichotillomania
  1. B B PATIL,
  2. T C DOWD
  1. North Riding Infirmary, Newport Road, Middlesbrough TS1 5JE, UK
  1. B B Patil bheemapatil{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.85.11.1384a

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    Editor,—Trichotillomania is the inability to resist the urge to pull out body hair. We present a case of this rare condition.

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