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Beyond Goosebumps: Does the Arrector Pili Muscle Have a Role in Hair Loss?
The arrector pili muscle (APM) consists of a small band of smooth muscle that connects the hair follicle to the connective tissue of the basement membrane. The APM mediates thermoregulation by contracting to increase air-trapping, but was thought to be vestigial in humans. The APM attaches proximall...
Autores principales: | Torkamani, Niloufar, Rufaut, Nicholas W, Jones, Leslie, Sinclair, Rodney D |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158628/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25210331 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.139077 |
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