Ultrastructure of human scalp hair shafts as revealed by freeze- substitution fixation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 406-413

  Takizawa, Takami ^a,b   Takizawa, Toshihiro ^a   Arai, Seiichi ^b   Osumi, Masako ^c   Saito, Takuma ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

^c JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold permanent waving; Electron microscopy; Freeze substitution fixation; Human scalp hair shaft; Rapid freezing; Thioglycolic acid; White hair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREEZING; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE PREPARATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SCALP; THIOGLYCOLATES;

EID: 0031806438     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199807)251:3<406::AID-AR17>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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