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. 2016 Jan-Mar;8(1):46-7.
doi: 10.4103/0974-7753.179389.

Plica Polonica After Use of Shampoo

Tejinder Kaur  1 , Daljit Singh  1 , Suresh Kumar Malhotra  1 , Jaswant Singh  2
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Plica Polonica After Use of Shampoo

Tejinder Kaur et al. Int J Trichology. 2016 Jan-Mar.
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Mass of entangled hair giving bird's nest appearance
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