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Circular hairs: nomenclature and meanings

Trichoscopy has become an essential tool for the diagnosis of various diseases that affect the hair and scalp. Through dermatoscopy we identified a set of findings that share a circular shape of hair shafts. The objective of this study is to distinguish among the various forms of circular hairs in o...

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Autores principales: Esteves, Ana Luiza Valle, Serafini, Natália Battisti, Lemes, Luciana Rodino, Melo, Daniel Fernandes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29364454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20176487
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Sumario:Trichoscopy has become an essential tool for the diagnosis of various diseases that affect the hair and scalp. Through dermatoscopy we identified a set of findings that share a circular shape of hair shafts. The objective of this study is to distinguish among the various forms of circular hairs in order to identify their peculiarities and to describe in which skin disorders they can be found.