Three-dimensional morphology of touch domes in human hairy skin by correlative light and scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2108-2111

  Orime, Mari ^a   Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a   Koga, Daisuke ^a   Ito, Masaaki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; GENE PRODUCT; HAIR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MERKEL CELL; MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHWANN CELL; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84880327852     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.60     Document Type: Letter

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