Study of the Keratinization Process in Human Hair Follicle by X-Ray Microdiffraction

July 2000 in “ PubMed ”

F Baltenneck, Bernard Bernard, Garson Jc, Patrik Engström, Christian Riekel, Frédéric Leroy, A. Franbourg, J. Doucet

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Studysummary This study found no structural differences between in vitro and in vivo grown hair, with keratinization and organization of keratin being comparable in both settings.

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