Publisher's Synopsis
These 32 papers and 28 poster papers offer scientific and clinical information on where research on hair currently stands. They discuss future directions which might help unravel the biological phenomena and mechanisms of the hair follicle.;The material should be of interest to scientists investigating morphogenesis, growth control by growth factors and oncogenes, and the long- and short-range interactions between the two distinct cell types, epidermal and mesenchymal.