[CITATION][C] The human hair cycle

AM Kligman - Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1959 - Elsevier
AM Kligman
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1959Elsevier
The stages in the hair cycle of the common laboratory animals are known precisely and
have been adequately illustrated.(1). By contrast, though the main pattern is appreciated in
humans, that remarkably plastic period when a growing hair transforms into a resting one
has been only sketchily described and pictured meagerly. The purpose of this paper is to fill
in, at least partially, this gap between anagen and telogen, the brief regressive epoch of
catagen. I
The stages in the hair cycle of the common laboratory animals are known precisely and have been adequately illustrated.(1). By contrast, though the main pattern is appreciated in humans, that remarkably plastic period when a growing hair transforms into a resting one has been only sketchily described and pictured meagerly. The purpose of this paper is to fill in, at least partially, this gap between anagen and telogen, the brief regressive epoch of catagen. I
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