Wishing to be Tall and Blonde

Wishing to be Tall and Blonde We are very happy to see our article1 presented. We have spotted a small error or misprint, of no scientific importance whatsoever. Indeed, we are presented as scientists from Sweden, although we are actually from Switzerland. We do not mind at all (I wish I could be tall with blond hairs instead of short with ... few hairs left), but we thought we should mention it for the sake of the Swiss National Funds, which supports the cost of our research. With our re

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We are very happy to see our article1 presented. We have spotted a small error or misprint, of no scientific importance whatsoever. Indeed, we are presented as scientists from Sweden, although we are actually from Switzerland. We do not mind at all (I wish I could be tall with blond hairs instead of short with ... few hairs left), but we thought we should mention it for the sake of the Swiss National Funds, which supports the cost of our research.

With our respectful thoughts,

Olivier Gaide
Department of Dermatology
University Hospital of Geneva

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