The ultrastructure of tissue attached to telogen hair roots

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1363-1366

  Linch, Charles A ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Forensic science; Hair DNA typing; Hair histology; Hair ultrastructure; Telogen

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR ROOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HAIR; HUMANS; KERATINS, HAIR-SPECIFIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 54949146071     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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