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Electron microscopy of composite and intranuclear keratohyalin granules in geographic tongue of psoriasis
Author(s) -
Kanerva L.,
Hietanen J.
Publication year - 1984
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.1600-0560.1984.tb00365.x
Subject(s) - psoriasis , pathology , tongue , electron microscope , medicine , dermatology , optics , physics
Composite and intranuclear keratohyalin granules were observed in an electron‐microscopic study of geographic tongue of psoriasis. The significance of intranuclear keratohyalin is not known, but it seems to he related to the disturbed proliferation and differentiation of keratinocytes in psoriasis.