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A disease of the pilosebaceous unit, presenting clinically as grouped follicular papules or plaques with associated hair loss. It is caused by mucinous infiltration of tissues, and usually involving the scalp, face, and neck. It may be primary (idiopathic) or secondary to mycosis fungoides or reticulosis.
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- Alopecia Mucinosa
- Mucinosis, Follicular
- Follicular Mucinoses
- Mucinoses, Follicular
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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a sebaceous gland dis
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93; was ALOPECIA MUCINOSA 1965-92 (see under ALOPECIA 1965-90)
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- National Library of Medicine. Follicular Mucinosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000507. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000507
- Follicular Mucinosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_mucinosa
- Follicular Mucinosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4734609