Spiny Keratoderma: A Demonstration of Hair Keratin and Hair Type Keratinization

    January 1999 in “ Journal of Cutaneous Pathology ”
    K Hashimoto, Yôichiro Toi, Sharon Horton, Tung‐Tien Sun
    Studysummary This study suggests that spiny keratoderma may be an ectopic hair formation on palms and soles, based on keratinization patterns observed using antikeratin antibodies and electron microscopy.
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    1. Expression of Hair-Related Keratins in a Soft Epithelium: Subpopulations of Human and Mouse Dorsal Tongue Keratinocytes Express Keratin Markers for Hair, Skin, and Esophageal Types of Differentiation Experimental Cell Research · 1989
    2. Acidic and Basic Hair/Nail (Hard) Keratins: Their Colocalization in Upper Cortical and Cuticle Cells of the Human Hair Follicle and Their Relationship to Soft Keratins ˜The œjournal of cell biology/˜The œJournal of cell biology · 1986

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