parieto-

A wall (of the body, for example, the abdominal wall); a parietal bone.

[L. paries, wall]

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parieto-

Combining form denoting (1) a wall of the body (e.g., the abdominal wall); (2) a parietal bone.

[L. paries, wall]

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According to the pattern the following forms are seen: patchy AA, round or oval patches of hair loss (most common); reticular AA, reticulated pattern of hair loss; ophiasic band like AA, hair loss in parieto- temporo-occipital scalp; ophiasis inversus, a rare band like pattern of hair loss in fronto-parieto-temporal scalp; and diffuse Alopecia Areata, a diffuse decrease in hair density.

A clinical study of Alopecia areata in children

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