Fibrillin microfibrils are reduced in skin exhibiting striae distensae

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 931-937

  Watson, R E B ^a,b   Parry, E J ^a   Humphries, J D ^a   Jones, C J P ^a   Polson, D W ^c   Kielty, C M ^b   Griffiths, C E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY; SKIN;

EID: 0031746958     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02257.x     Document Type: Article

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