Ultrastructural findings in progressive macular hypomelanosis indicate decreased melanin production

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 568-574

  Relyveld, G N ^a   Dingemans, K P ^a   Menke, H E ^b   Bos, J D ^a   Westerhof, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Melanogenesis; Progressive macular hypomelanosis

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSFER; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOMELANOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN;

EID: 42149186325     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02515.x     Document Type: Article

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