Development and organization of human stratum corneum after birth: Electron microscopy isotropy score and immunocytochemical corneocyte labelling as epidermal maturation's markers in infancy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 978-986

  Fluhr, J W ^a   Lachmann, N ^b   Baudouin, C ^b   Msika, P ^b   Darlenski, R ^c   De Belilovsky, C ^d   Bossert, J ^e   Colomb, E ^f   Burdin, B ^f   Haftek, M ^f  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Laboratoires Expanscience   (France)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d INSTITUT ALFRED FOURNIER   (France)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORNEODESMOSIN; CORNEODESMOSOME; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN MATURATION; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; AGING; CYTOLOGY; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DESMOSOMES; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908098079     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12880     Document Type: Article

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