The Hair Follicle as a Dynamic Miniorgan

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Schneider, Marlon R ^a   Schmidt Ullrich, Ruth ^b   Paus, Ralf ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 59349088345     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.005     Document Type: Review

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