Acral peeling skin syndrome: Report of two cases

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-70

  García García, Elena ^a   Granados Carreño, Rosario ^b   Martínez González, Miguel A ^a   Jiménez Reyes, José ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acral peeling skin syndrome; Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PEELING SKIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; WRINKLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SKIN; WATER;

EID: 15244360013     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120590909867     Document Type: Article

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