Structure and function of skin, hair and nails

Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 223-226

  Lai Cheong, Joey E ^a   McGrath, John A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dermis; epidermis; hair follicles; keratinocytes; melanocytes; nail apparatus; subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; COLLAGEN; DEFENSIN; DERMCIDIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; KERATIN; VITAMIN D;

BLISTER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; ELASTIC FIBER; EPIDERMIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; NAIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN STRUCTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 65549141532     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2009.03.002     Document Type: Review

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