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Formation and structure of human hair

For human beings, hair has always been a sign of vitality and power. This title offers insight into the molecular and cellular basis of the complex mode of hair formation and degeneration, its growth and protective role.
Print Book, English, ©1996
Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, ©1996
EXS, 78
xi, 261 pages : illustrations.
9783764351199, 9780817651190, 3764351195, 0817651195
221833801
Human epidermal keratinocyte: Keratinization processes / M. Blumenberg and M. Tomic-Canic
Histochemistry of the human hair follicle / U. Wollina
The role of keratin proteins and their genes in the growth, structure and properties of hair / B.C. Powell and G.E. Rogers
Morphology and histochemistry of human hair / J.A. Swift
Protein chains in hair and epidermal keratin IF: Structural features and spatial arrangements / D.A.D. Parry
Hair melanin and hair color / J. Castanet and J.-P. Ortonne
Integral lipids of hair and stratum corneum / P.W. Wertz
Hair sulfur amino acid analysis / H. Zahn and H.-G. Gattner