Morphological Approach to Hair Disorders

June 2003 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings ”

Rodney Sinclair, Damien Jolley, Rica Mallari, Jill Magee, Antonella Tosti, Bianca Maria Piracinni, Colombina Vincenzi, Rudolf Happle, Juan Ferrando, Ramón Grimalt, Thérèse Leroy, D. Van Neste, Abraham Zlotogorski, Angela M. Christiano, David Whiting

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