Skin Melanocytes: Biology and Development

January 2013 in “ Postepy Dermatologii I Alergologii ”

M Cichorek, Małgorzata Wachulska, Aneta Stasiewicz, Agata Tymińska

Studysummary This review discusses the biology and development of skin melanocytes, but reports no new clinical findings.

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