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July 2013 in “PLoS ONE” Targeting EGFR may help reduce hair loss from chemotherapy.
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October 2021 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” Removing HIF-P4H-2 from certain skin cells in mice causes hair loss on the body but not the head.
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