Pityriasis
Pityriasis commonly refers to flaking of the skin.[1]
Types include:
- Pityriasis alba
- Pityriasis lichenoides chronica
- Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta
- Pityriasis rosea
- Pityriasis rubra pilaris
- Pityriasis versicolor
- Dandruff is historically called Pityriasis capitis
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