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Research Article| Volume 6, ISSUE 4, P52-66, October 1988

The pilosebaceous unit: Hormonal regulation in relation to cellular differentiation

  • Alphons J.M. Vermorken
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    Address for correspondence: Professor Alphons J.M. Vermorken, PhD, INSERM U.58, Biochimie des Steroides, 60 Rue de Navacelles, 34100 Montpellier, France.
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    From INSERM U. 58, Laboratoire de Biochimie des Steroides, Montpellier, France

    Research Unit for Cellular Differentiation and Transformation, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands

    Centre International de Recherches Dermatologiques Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France
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  • Charles Sultan
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    From INSERM U. 58, Laboratoire de Biochimie des Steroides, Montpellier, France

    Research Unit for Cellular Differentiation and Transformation, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands

    Centre International de Recherches Dermatologiques Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France
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