Woolly hair nevus: A rare entity

International Journal of Trichology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-43

  Venugopal, V ^a   Karthikeyan, Subashini ^a   Gnanaraj, Pushpa ^a   Narasimhan, Murali ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

kinky hair; woolly hair; Woolly hair nevus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861314050     PISSN: 09747753     EISSN: 09749241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.96090     Document Type: Article

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