Characteristics of keratinocytes in facial solar lentigo with flattened rete ridges: Comparison with melasma

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 489-494

  Shin, J ^a   Park, J Y ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Kang, Hee Young ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FLATTENED RETE RIDGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERATINOCYTE; LENTIGO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SOLAR LENTIGO; AGED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; AGED; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; LENTIGO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84931957308     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ced.12621     Document Type: Article

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