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STUDIES of the hair cycle have been carried out for many years on fixed material1,2 and, more recently, in tissue culture3. In neither case can environmental influences on the initiation of the hair cycle, such as microcirculatory changes and presence or absence of oedema, be determined satisfactorily. In the following in vivo method, single follicles may be mapped and observed repeatedly at any time-intervals thereafter.
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SILVER, A., CHASE, H. An in vivo Method for studying the Hair Cycle. Nature 210, 1051 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2101051a0
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