Diseases

Folliculitis

Inflammation of follicles, primarily hair follicles.

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Abstract

Inflammation of follicles, primarily hair follicles.

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Synonyms

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  • Folliculitides
  • Sycosis
  • Sycoses

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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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inflammation of hair follicles

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SYCOSIS was heading 1963-77

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Folliculitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005499. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005499
  2. Folliculitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folliculitis
  3. Folliculitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942755