Ultrastructural and morphometrical evaluations on normal human dermal connective tissue - The influence of age, sex and body region

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1013-1022

  Quaglino Jr , D ^a   Bergamini, G ^a   Boraldi, F ^a   Pasquali Ronchetti, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029899613     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb07935.x     Document Type: Article

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