Is Seborrhoeic Dermatitis Associated with Diffuse, Low-Grade Folliculitis and Progressive Cicatricial Alopecia?

    March 2015 in “ Australasian Journal of Dermatology ”
    Lucy Pitney, David Weedon, Michael Pitney
    Studysummary This study suggests that seborrhoeic folliculitis may represent a unique form of cicatricial alopecia, linking chronic scalp dermatitis-folliculitis with low-grade inflammatory fibrosing alopecia.
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