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Lanugo

Known as: Primary hair, Hairs, Fetal, Hair, Fetal 
Fine downy hair that covers the body of a human fetus beginning in the fifth month of gestation; it is usually shed by the ninth month of gestation.
National Institutes of Health

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Hair

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Sustained epithelial β-catenin activity induces precocious hair development but disrupts hair follicle down-growth and hair shaft formation
During embryonic and postnatal development, Wnt/β-catenin signaling is involved in several stages of hair morphogenesis from… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Identification of C7orf11 (TTDN1) gene mutations and genetic heterogeneity in nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy.
We have identified C7orf11, which localizes to the nucleus and is expressed in fetal hair follicles, as the first disease gene… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Hair follicle stem cells.
The workshop on Hair Follicle Stem Cells brought together investigators who have used a variety of approaches to try to… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Modulation of BMP signaling by noggin is required for induction of the secondary (nontylotrich) hair follicles.
Increasing evidence suggests that morphogenesis of the distinct developmental structures derived from the same organ-committed… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Predicting Incomplete Uterine Rupture With Vaginal Sonography During the Late Second Trimester in Women With Prior Cesarean
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Compositionally different desmosomes in the various compartments of the human hair follicle.
Hair follicles are complex organs of the skin, in morphological and ontogenic continuity with the epidermis. We have examined the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Trichoblastoma and basal cell carcinoma are neoplasms with follicular differentiation sharing the same profile of cytokeratin intermediate filaments.
Trichoblastoma and nodular basal cell carcinoma are generally held to be distinctive epithelial neoplasms with some overlapping… 
1990
1990
Determination of Gestational Cocaine Exposure by Hair Analysis
Drug self-reports are often unreliable and standard blood and urine tests detect only recent cocaine use. Since cocaine is… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Determination of gestational cocaine exposure by hair analysis.
Drug self-reports are often unreliable and standard blood and urine tests detect only recent cocaine use. Since cocaine is… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The complement of native alpha-keratin polypeptides of hair-forming cells: a subset of eight polypeptides that differ from epithelial cytokeratins.
Living hair-forming cells (trichocytes) were obtained from basal portions of human, bovine and ovine hair-follicles, free from… 
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