hypertrichosis
MONDO:0019280Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names hypertrichosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Excessive hair growth anywhere on the body.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019280), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- FGF5HGNC:3683
- Strong · PanelApp Australia · Autosomal recessive · 2025
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (11)
- acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa
- autosomal dominant preaxial polydactyly-upperback hypertrichosis syndrome
- cataract-hypertrichosis-intellectual disability syndrome
- cervical hypertrichosis-peripheral neuropathy syndrome
- gingival fibromatosis-hypertrichosis syndrome
- hypertrichosis cubiti-short stature syndrome
- hypertrichosis lanuginosa congenita
- hypertrichosis of eyelid
- hypertrichosis-acromegaloid facial appearance syndrome
- isolated anterior cervical hypertrichosis
- Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: hypertrichosis
- Also called
- hypertrichosis (disease)