Extracutaneous Melanocytes

The Pigmentary System: Physiology and Pathophysiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 91-107

  Boissy, Raymond E ^a   Hornyak, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracutaneous melanocytes; Interfollicular epidermal melanocytes; Leptomeninges; Ocular melanocytes; Retinal pigmented epithelial

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549098892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987100.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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