EFFECTS OF α-MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE AND [8-ARGININE]-VASOTOCIN UPON MELANOGENESIS IN HAIR FOLLICLE MELANOCYTES IN VITRO

December 1981 in “ Journal of Endocrinology ”

Ann Logan, Brian Weatherhead

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