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Peeling Skin Disorders: A Paradigm for Skin Desquamation.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Aug 2018
Has Cristina
Abstract excerpt
Epidermal desquamation is the highly regulated process of invisible shedding of corneocytes from the outermost layers of the stratum corneum. This occurs through the interplay between proteases and their inhibitors that control the degradation of corneodesmosomes. Skin peeling refers to exaggerated visible superficial desquamation and can occur in inherited and acquired conditions. The illumination of the...
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