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Light and electron microscopic studies of physical injury to the skin II. Friction
This paper was read in part at the meeting of the Investigative Group of the British Association of Derma-tology, 3 February 1973, London.
SUMMARY
Frictional injury to the skin causes inter- and intra-cellular oedema of the epidermis, and if severe produces membranous rupture and formation of an intra-epidermal blister. The appearances arc consistent with direct physical damage to the cells.
