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Molecular Diagnostics in Dermatology and Dermatopathology pp 411–418Cite as

Molecular Aspects of Skin Aging

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The past two decades have seen significant strides, not only in our understanding of the ­pathobiology of human skin aging, but also in the search for targeted modalities to treat or ­possibly prevent some of the changes that come with this process. Human skin aging can be ­categorized as either (a) chronologic/intrinsic aging or (b) extrinsic aging, of which photoaging is a major component [1–5].

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Murphy, M.J. (2011). Molecular Aspects of Skin Aging. In: Murphy, M. (eds) Molecular Diagnostics in Dermatology and Dermatopathology. Current Clinical Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-171-4_20

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