Ultrastructural evidence for the participation of Langerhans cells in cutaneous photoaging processes: A quantitative comparative study

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-100

  Toyoda, Masahiko ^a   Bhawan, Jag ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; epidermis; Langerhans cell; photodamaged skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SKIN CARE; SKIN DEFECT; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LANGERHANS CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SUNLIGHT; VACUOLES;

EID: 0031081023     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(96)00556-7     Document Type: Article

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