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Research Article| Volume 6, ISSUE 4, P22-25, October 1988

Biochemistry of hair protein

  • Howard P. Baden
    Correspondence
    Address for correspondence: Howard P. Baden, MD, Harvard Medical School, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.
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    From the Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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