Merkel cells

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-165

  Boulais, Nicholas ^a,b   Misery, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b Biopredic International   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENERVATION; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MERKEL CELLS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34250162485     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.02.009     Document Type: Review

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