Intrinsic aging vs. photoaging: A comparative histopathological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of skin

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 398-405

  El Domyati, M ^c   Attia, S ^c   Saleh, F ^c   Brown, D ^a   Birk, D E ^b   Gasparro, F ^a   Ahmad, H ^a   Uitto, Jouni ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dermal connective tissue; Extracellular matrix; Skin aging; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ELASTIN;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ELASTIC FIBER; EPIDERMIS; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOAGING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; DERMIS; ELASTIN; EPIDERMIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN AGING;

EID: 0036783292     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2002.110502.x     Document Type: Article

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