Oral Zinc Sulphate Causes Murine Hair Hypopigmentation And Is A Potent Inhibitor Of Eumelanogenesis In Vivo

    June 2006 in “ British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement ”
    Przemysław M. Płonka, Bori Handjiski, Dominika Michalczyk … Ralf Paus
    Studysummary In this study, oral zinc sulphate was found to cause hair hypopigmentation and significantly inhibit eumelanogenesis in mice.
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