Dept. of Dermatology - University of Iowa College of Medicine

M. S. Stone and T. L. Ray

Acantholysis

The loss of cohesion between epidermal or adnexal keratinocytes.
Example of acantholysis in Pemphigus Foliaceus.

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September, 1995

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