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Considerations on Hair Research and Hair Growth

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The main purpose of this presentation is to highlight some of the contributions of the last fifty years that have added significantly to our knowledge of hair growth. The second purpose is to evaluate in broad outline the facts about hair as we know them today. Finally, I shall add a few observations of my own about baldness.

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  1. Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon, USA

    W. Montagna & K. S. Carlisle

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  1. Wissenschaftlichen Beirates, Universitäts-Hautklinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 1000, Berlin 45, West-Germany

    Constantin E. Orfanos (Vorsitzender, Direktor) (Vorsitzender, Direktor)

  2. Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon, USA

    William Montagna (Director) (Director)

  3. im Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus, Freien Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 1000, Berlin 65, West-Germany

    Günter Stüttgen (Direktor der Hautklinik) (Direktor der Hautklinik)

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Montagna, W., Carlisle, K.S. (1981). Considerations on Hair Research and Hair Growth. In: Orfanos, C.E., Montagna, W., Stüttgen, G. (eds) Hair Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81650-5_1

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