Sebaceous gland in human skin - The fantastic future of a skin appendage

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Zouboulis, Christos C ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN; STEROID METABOLISM;

CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STEROIDS;

EID: 0038806579     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12263.x     Document Type: Note

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