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Preliminary Observations about the Ultrastructure of the Human Nail Plate Treated with Thioglycolic Acid

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Zusammenfassung

Verfasser beschreiben die Ultrastruktur der Lamina unguinalis und weisen nach, daß die Kompaktheit ihrer Zellen folgenden Faktoren zuzuschreiben ist:

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    Durch den Prozeß der Keratinisierung und Dehydratation hervorgerufenes Ineinanderfügen der Zellen.

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    Anzahl der Bindungen.

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    Struktur der Bindungen (in der Art der “type junction”, der “intermediate junction” und der “desmosome-like junction”).

Summary

The authors describe the ultrastructure of the nail plate cells and demonstrate that their compactness is governed by:

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    “dove-tailing” which the keratinization and dehydration process caused between one cell element and the next.

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    the number of links.

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    the structure of the links (tight junction type, intermediate junction type, desmosome-like type).

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  1. Dermatologic Clinic, University of Milan, Milan, Italia

    R. Caputo & E. Dadati

  2. Institute of Pharmacology, University of Milan, Milan, Italia

    R. Caputo & E. Dadati

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Caputo, R., Dadati, E. Preliminary Observations about the Ultrastructure of the Human Nail Plate Treated with Thioglycolic Acid. Arch. klin. exp. Derm. 231, 344–354 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00517687

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