The biology of hair follicles

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 491-497

  Paus, Ralf ^a   Cotsarelis, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; FINASTERIDE; GROWTH HORMONE; MINOXIDIL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN; PROLACTIN; RETINOID; THYROXINE;

ALOPECIA; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0033549754     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199908123410706     Document Type: Review

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