Hemidesmosome ontogeny in digit skin of the human fetus

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-97

  McMillan, James R ^a   Eady, Robin A J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Electron microscopy; Fetal skin; Hemidesmosomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; DENSITY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FINGER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030051141     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02505050     Document Type: Article

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