The Organization of Human Epidermis: Functional Epidermal Units and Phi Proportionality

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1440-1446

  Hoath, Steven B ^a,b   Leahy, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Skin Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell kinetics; Epidermal kinetics; Langerhans cell; Melanocyte; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL KINETICS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMAL KINETICS; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; FUNCTIONAL EPIDERMAL UNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; LANGERHANS CELL; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATION KINETICS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TURNOVER TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0346363876     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12606.x     Document Type: Article

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