The Basement Membrane: Interface Between the Epithelium and the Dermis: Structural Features

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 709-712

  Eady, Robin A J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING FIBRIL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 0023930093     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1988.01670050053021     Document Type: Article

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