Three-Dimensional Ultrastructural Analysis of Human Skin with the Arrector Pili Muscle Interacting with the Hair Follicle Epithelium

February 2025 in “ Scientific Reports ”

Tomonobu Ezure, Kyoichi Matsuzaki, Hidetoshi Urakubo, Nobuhiko Ohno

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