Pitted keratolysis: New ultrastructural insight in keratohyalin granule and corneodesmosome alterations

Exogenous Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 107-111

  Hermanns Lê, Trinh ^a   Garcia, Roy ^a,b   Arrese, Jorge E ^a   Piérard, Gérald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Asistente del Servicio de Cirugía del Hospital   (Peru)

Author keywords

Corneodesmosome; Keratohyalin granules; Microorganisms; Pitted keratolysis; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; KERATOHYALIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DESMOSOME; DESQUAMATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; KERATINOCYTE; KERATOLYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 30744438578     PISSN: 14244616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086942     Document Type: Article

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