Naevogenesis: A hypothesis concerning the control of proliferation of melanocytes with special reference to the growth of intradermal naevi

Dermatology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-204

  Riley, P A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytocrine transfer; Keratocytes; Phagocytosis; Pigment transfer

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL TRANSFER; CELL VOLUME; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; NEVUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0030925813     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246101     Document Type: Article

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