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African Hair

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Hair Growth and Disorders

Abstract

For the purpose of this chapter African hair refers to:

• tightly curly black hair

• ellipse or flat on cross-section

• spiral hair follicles by computer-aided three-dimensional reconstruction of biopsy samples

• asymmetric bulb differentiation on immunohistochemistry

• variable fragility with mechanical manipulation.

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  1. The University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Nonhlanhla P. Khumalo

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    Valerie D. Callender

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  1. Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Physiology (CRC), Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 11017 , Berlin, Germany

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  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti, 1, 40138 , Bologna, Italy

    Antonella Tosti

  3. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zürich, Gloriastrasse 31, 8091 , Zürich, Switzerland

    Ralph M. Trüeb

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Khumalo, N., Callender, V. (2008). African Hair. In: Blume-Peytavi, U., Tosti, A., Trüeb, R. (eds) Hair Growth and Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46911-7_24

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