Different populations of melanocytes are present in hair follicles and epidermis

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 304-310

  Tobin, Desmond J ^a,b   Bystryn, Jean Claude ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Antibody; Antigen; Epidermis; Hair follicle; Melanin; Melanocyte; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; ANTISERUM; MELANIN;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RABBIT; VITILIGO;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; RABBITS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0030320435     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00122.x     Document Type: Article

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