Mind the (Gender) Gap: Does prolactin exert gender and/or site-specific effects on the human hair follicle

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 886-891

  Langan, Ewan A ^a   Ramot, Yuval ^b,c   Goffin, Vincent ^d   Griffiths, Christopher E M ^a   Foitzik, Kerstin ^e   Paus, Ralf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e Children's Hospital Wilhelmstift   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; SCALP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 76649108221     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.340     Document Type: Letter

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