The microanatomy of the epidermis in relation to trauma...This article first appeared in Bedsore Biomechanics and is reproduced by kind permission of Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Publishers Ltd
A description has been given of those particular microanatomical features of the epidermis which are responsible for its mechanical stability--in particular half desmosomes, the desmosome tonofilament complex and interlocking squames. The functions of these structures have been illustrated by experi...
| Published in: | Journal of Tissue Viability Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 16 - 20 |
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| Format: | pictorial review Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
2006 May
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