Merkel cells participate in the induction and alignment of epidermal ends of arrector pili muscles of human fetal skin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 494-498

  Narisawa, Y ^a   Hashimoto, K ^b   Kohda, H ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MERKEL CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MERKEL CELLS; MUSCLES; SCALP;

EID: 0029972743     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb16236.x     Document Type: Article

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