Human hair greying is linked to a specific depletion of hair follicle melanocytes affecting both the bulb and the outer root sheath
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 150 (3) , 435-443
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.2004.05787.x
Abstract
Background Although hair greying is a very common phenomenon characterized by loss of pigment in the hair shaft, the events that cause and control natural hair whitening with age in humans are still...Keywords
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