Three-dimensional demonstration of melanocyte distribution of human hair follicles: Special reference to the bulge area

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-101

  Narisawa, Yutaka ^a   Kohda, Hiromu ^a   Tanaka, Tatsuro ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dendritic melanocyte; melanin; NKI beteb

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FACE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTES; REFERENCE VALUES; SCALP;

EID: 0030956969     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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