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An Electron Microscope Study of Darier's Disease
Author(s) -
Biagin Graziella,
Costa AngelaM.,
Laschic Renzo
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1975.tb00831.x
Subject(s) - darier's disease , electron microscope , pathology , darier disease , basal (medicine) , disease , medicine , dermatology , physics , optics , insulin
An electron microscope investigation was performed on cutaneous biopsies from four patients with Darier's disease. Suprabasal lacunae with acantholytic cells were a prominent feature. Basal cells and acantholytic cells showed an increase in tonofilaments. Corps ronds appeared as vacuolated cells.