Morphological Study in a Mechanism of Congenital Pili Torti Formation: Björnstad Syndrome

September 2016 in “ Journal of Dermatological Science ”

Yuki Marubashi, Takeshi Yanagishita, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Kazumitsu Sugiura, Y. Kawamoto, Keiko Ito, Masashi Akiyama, Daisuke Watanabe

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