The epidermal nerve fibre network: Characterization of nerve fibres in human skin by confocal microscopy and assessment of racial variations

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-170

  Reilly, D M ^b   Ferdinando, D ^b   Johnston, C ^a   Shaw, C ^a   Buchanan, K D ^a   Green, M R ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; GENE PRODUCT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN NERVE; SKIN SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0030763154     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.18001893.x     Document Type: Article

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