Phytomedicine
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages 551-555 , 6 August 2007

Human hair growth enhancement in vitro by green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.09.009

Phytomedicine
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages 551-555 , 6 August 2007

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