Altered Distribution of Calcium in Facial Epidermis of Aged Adults

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1557-1558

  Denda, Mitsuhiro ^a   Tomitaka, Akiko ^b   Akamatsu, Hirohiko ^b   Matsunaga, Kayoko ^b  

^a SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CALCIUM ION; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; KERATOHYALIN; SKIN LIPID;

AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARIER DISEASE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EPIDERMIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FACE; FLUORESCENCE; FROZEN SECTION; HAILEY HAILEY DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINIZATION; LAMELLAR BODY; LETTER; LIPOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM; XEROSIS;

EID: 0345732756     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1747.2003.12619.x     Document Type: Letter

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