Intermediate hair follicles: A new more clinically relevant model for hair growth investigations

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-295

  Miranda, B H ^a   Tobin, D J ^a   Sharpe, D T ^a   Randall, V A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

androgenetic alopecia; baldness; hair; morphometry; pharmacological models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE HAIR FOLLICLE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN SURFACE; TERMINAL HAIR FOLLICLE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77954866326     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09867.x     Document Type: Article

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