Electron microscopy of the skin of a Greenlandic mummy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/mog-ms.v12.146598Abstract
This study was carried out during the archaeological examination of a Greenlandic mummy by the Danish National Museum.
A nodule on the dorsal surface of the right fourth finger of a 500-year-old mummy from Greenland was studied by electron microscopy. The tissue showed outlines of tissue components such as keratinocytes, melanocytes, vessels, nerves, and histiocytes as well as collagen and elastic fibres.
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1990-01-26
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