General Biology of Mammalian Pigmentation

The Pigmentary System: Physiology and Pathophysiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 61-90

  Quevedo, Walter C ^a   Holstein, Thomas J ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermal melanocytes; Follicular melanocytes; Keratinocytes; Mammalian pigmentation; Mongolian spots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889618257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987100.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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