Light and Electron Microscopic Changes of Human Epidermis Under Oral Retinoid Treatment

Schultz-Ehrenburg, U.; Orfanos, C. E.

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Light and Electron Microscopic Changes of Human Epidermis Under Oral Retinoid Treatment

U. Schultz-Ehrenburg &
C. E. Orfanos

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Abstract

Oral administration of retinoids shows clinically a basic beneficial influence in various skin diseases with disorders of keratinization, regardless to their pathogenesis and their particular histological substrate. It seems that retinoids act as a general regulator of epidermal phenomena related to dysfunction of (a) epidermal cell differentiation, (b) keratin synthesis and (c) desquamation of corneocytes. This is the result of our clinical and experimental experience with this group of drugs over one decade.

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Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Steglitz, The Free University of Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 1000, Berlin 45, West Germany
C. E. Orfanos (Director) (Director)
Universitäts-Hautklinik, Frauenlobstraße 9, D-8000, München 2, West Germany
O. Braun-Falco M.D. (Chairman) (Chairman)
Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 94305, Stanford, California, USA
E. M. Farber M.D. (Chairman) (Chairman)
38, Reu de Courcelles, F-75008, Paris, France
Ch. Grupper M.D.
NL-2361 BV, Postdam 7, Warmond, Netherlands
M. K. Polano M.D.
Dermatologische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland
R. Schuppli M.D. (Chairman) (Chairman)

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Schultz-Ehrenburg, U., Orfanos, C.E. (1981). Light and Electron Microscopic Changes of Human Epidermis Under Oral Retinoid Treatment. In: Orfanos, C.E., Braun-Falco, O., Farber, E.M., Grupper, C., Polano, M.K., Schuppli, R. (eds) Retinoids. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68023-6_12

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