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Eumelanin and pheomelanin contents in hair and 5-S-cysteinyldopa and 5-hydroxy-6-methoxyindole-2-carboxylic acid levels in urine in Japanese oculocutaneous albinism

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 1-8-13, Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, 101, Tokyo, Japan

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Saito, N., Morishima, T. Eumelanin and pheomelanin contents in hair and 5-S-cysteinyldopa and 5-hydroxy-6-methoxyindole-2-carboxylic acid levels in urine in Japanese oculocutaneous albinism. Arch Dermatol Res 283, 7–9 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01207242

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