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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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2006
2006
Methamphetamine detection in maternal and neonatal hair: implications for fetal safety
Background: Methamphetamine misuse is a serious health problem of epidemic proportions. Use of this drug, particularly during… 
2004
2004
Noise-induced hair-cell loss and total exposure energy: analysis of a large data set.
The relation between total noise-exposure energy, recovery time, or rest during the exposure and amount of hair-cell loss was… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Hair analysis–a biological marker for passive smoking in pregnancy and childhood
Passive smoking has been shown to adversely affect the health of infants and children. We used hair analysis for nicotine and its… 
1998
1998
Basonuclin as a cell marker in the formation and cycling of the murine hair follicle.
Basonuclin, a zinc-finger protein, is found in stratified squamous epithelia and hair follicles. In the basal keratinocytes of… 
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… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Evidence of gestational heroin or nicotine exposure by analysis of fetal hair.
Review
1992
Review
1992
Biological markers of intrauterine exposure to cocaine and cigarette smoking.
We describe hair tests for assessment of fetal exposure to cocaine and cigarette smoking. Cocaine and its major metabolites are… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Histological observations of amniotic fluid cellular content in the ear of neonates and infants.
1985
1985
Spatial patterns produced by a reaction-diffusion system in primary hair follicles.
1978
1978
Detection of Border disease antigen in tissues of affected sheep and in cell cultures by immunofluorescence.
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