The hair shaft: Normality, abnormality, and genetics

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-134

  De Berker, David ^a   Sinclair, Rodney D ^b  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; HAIR; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; TECHNIQUE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAIR; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 0035013917     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(00)00123-1     Document Type: Review

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