ISSN:
1600-0560
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Improved ruthenium red staining has been applied to normal human skin and lichen myxoedematosus skin lesions for the detection of the fine structure proteoglycan aggregates. In 4 samples of normal skin and in a patient with lichen myxoedematosus, the typical fine ultrastructures of proteoglycan aggregates, i.e., many short irregularly-curled filaments of varying lengths attached to long and rather straight filaments of hyaluronic acid were shown. Although lichen myxoedematosus is thought o be due to the faulty formation of proteoglycan aggregates, we suggest a different view, that this improved method of ruthenium red staining is useful for the detection of proteoglycan aggregates, and provides a better preparation for electron microscopy.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0560.1984.tb00380.x
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