IS THE STRATUM-CORNEUM OF UNINVOLVED PSORIATIC SKIN ABNORMAL
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 59 (85), 95-100
Abstract
Various abnormalities of the uninvolved skin were reported in psoriasis, but there are few studies on abnormalities of the stratum corneum (SC). The intracorneal cohesion and structural detail of corneocytes of the SC from involved and uninvolved sites in 24 patients with psoriasis and 10 controls are examined. Intracorneal cohesion is increased in the involved and uninvolved skin of psoriatic patients compared to controls. There are abnormalities of SC and corneocyte structure as determined by scanning electron microscopy. The changes in the uninvolved sites may be due to the increased rate of epidermal cell production in these areas.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- The change in properties of the stratum corneum as a function of depthBritish Journal of Dermatology, 1979
- Novel techniques for the estimation of intracorneal cohesion in vivo*British Journal of Dermatology, 1977
- The Acid Number of the Lipids on the Intact and the Stripped Skin Surface in Psoriatics*†*From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, New York University Post-Graduate Medical School (Dr. Marion B. Sulzberger, Chairman) and the Skin and Cancer Unit of University Hospital, New York 3, N.Y.†This investigation was supported by Grant DA-49-007-MD-753 from the Research and Development Division, Department of the U.S. Army.Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1960