Corneodesmosomes: Pivotal actors in the stratum corneum cohesion and desquamation

Skin Barrier

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 171-189

  Haftek, Marek ^a   Simon, Michel ^b   Serre, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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