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perifollicular

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perifollicular /peri·fol·lic·u·lar/ (per″ĭ-fah-lik´u-lar) surrounding a follicle, particularly a hair follicle.
perifollicular
[-folik′yələr]
Etymology: Gk, peri, around; L, folliculus, small bag
pertaining to the area around a follicle.

perifollicular [per″ĭ-fŏ-lik´u-lar]
surrounding a follicle.

perifollicular
surrounding a follicle.


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Thus, on the leg where there are about 40 follicles per square centimetre, the erythema is clearly perifollicular, whereas on the face where the density rises to 300 per square centimetre the still perifollicular erythema appears confluent.
This is more often than not, diagnosed as perifollicular elastolysis.
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a dihydrotestosterone (DHT) mediated process, characterised by continuous miniaturisation of androgen reactive hair follicles and accompanied by perifollicular fibrosis of follicular units in histological examination (Yoo 2006).
 
 
 
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