Stem cell niche is partially lost during follicular plucking: A preliminary pilot study

International Journal of Trichology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-100

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Gupta, Somesh ^b   Mohanty, Sujata ^a   Bhargava, Balram ^c   Airan, Balram ^d  

^a Departments of AIIMS   (India)

^b Departments of Dermatology and Venereology and Pathology   (India)

^c Departments of Cardiology   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster of differentiation; follicular plucking; follicular unit extraction; stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890456174     PISSN: 09747753     EISSN: 09749241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.122973     Document Type: Article

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