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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lasers Surg Med. 2018 Sep 24;51(1):95–103. doi: 10.1002/lsm.23017

Table 1.

Summary of morphological features and hair follicle size measured in normal and alopecia scalp with MPM imaging. Values are reported as mean +/− standard deviation.

Number of patients Hair follicle size (μm) Hair shaft size (μm) Number of patients showing presence of sebaceous glands Depth (μm) at which measurements taken
Normal 4 294 ± 33 28 ± 7 3 75

Non-scarring alopecia 7 196 ± 63 16 ± 5 4
  Androgenetic alopecia 3 236 ± 61 19 ± 3 3 72
  Alopecia areata 4 165 ± 49 12 1 92

Scarring alopecia (FFA) 5 127 ± 28 13 ± 3 1 68