Effect of age and anatomical site on density of sensory innervation in human epidermis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1445-1450

  Besné, Isabelle ^a   Descombes, Caroline ^a   Breton, Lionel ^a  

^a L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN 9.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; EYELID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMARY GLAND; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BIOPSY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0036845082     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.11.1445     Document Type: Article

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