A Congenital Hair Defect: Trichoschisis With Alternating Birefringence and Low Sulfur Content

June 1970 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology ”

Algie C. Brown, R.B. Belser, Robert G. Crounse, Richard F. Wehr

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