Author: Peereboom - Wynia, Johanna Dora Renske
Title: Hair Root Characteristics of the Human Scalp Hair in Health & Disease
Description: den Haag, Pallas Offset, 1982. orig. wrappers. (6),122 pp,, 24x17cm, Erasmus University (Rotterdam) doctoral dissertation. textual photos & tables. Small spine tear. Minor wear. VG. ¶ Contents: The Human Hair. Hair Plucking Techniques: a review of the literature; Personal technique of obtaining hairs for hair root examination; Structural characteristics of hair roots: a review of the literature; General introduction to Hair root diagnostics; Hair root transparency pattern; Scalp hair root shape, hair root sheaths. Angulation of hair root &/or shaft & deformities in their contours...Determination of the morphological characteristics of hair root growth phases & aberrant hair root types; Determination of the limits of normal values and various hair root characteristics in healthy subjects; The hair root status of patients in the first two stages of infectious Syphilis; The significance of the hair root status for the prognosis of Alopecia Areata, etc.

Keywords: Medical Dissertations, Human biology, Human hair, Hair roots, Epilation, Human scalp, Hair diseases, Scalp diseases, Dermatology, anthropology