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03612cam a2200457 a 4500 001 4DCA76E22ACA11DE8510CF04A8D7520A 005 20220120010218 008 930218s1993 caua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 93014784 020 $a 9780125052603 (acid-free paper) 020 $a 012505260X (acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)27726772 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d NOH $d TMV $d UKM $d NLM $d IWA $d SILO 050 00 $a QP88.5 $b .B62 1993 060 00 $a 1993 A-386 060 10 $a WR 102 B627 1993 082 00 $a 612.7/927 $2 20 245 0 $a Black skin : $b structure and function / $c William Montagna, Giuseppe Prota, John A. Kenney, Jr. 260 $a San Diego : $b Academic Press, $c 1993. 300 $a xiii, 158 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-151) and index. 505 0 $a Skin color and the evolution of mankind -- Factors that regulate human skin color -- Skin color, vitamin D synthesis and the migration of Homo -- Classifications of mankind -- Structure of black skin -- Epidermis -- Cutaneous appendages -- Dermis -- Comments on the structure of black skin -- Biological differences between blacks and whites -- Hypertension -- Color of eyes, nails and buccal mucosa -- Skin pigmentation, resistance to disease and natural selection -- Cold adaptation -- Infrared, ultraviolet rays and black skin -- UVB susceptibility -- Transepidermal water loss -- Perspiration and body odor -- Acne -- Body hair -- Mongolian spot -- Odds and ends -- Skin melanocytes -- Origins of melanocytes -- Production of melanin by melanocytes -- Variations in cutaneous melanocytes -- Melanosomes and variations in skin color -- Structure of melanosomes -- Fate of melanosomes -- Hormonal control of melanogenesis -- Nonhormonal influences on skin color -- Melanins and related metabolites -- Earlier workers -- Melanin-forming enzyme -- Tyrosinase gene and protein -- Varieties of melanins. 505 0 $a (cont) Chemistry of melanin -- Melanin-related metabolites -- Biosynthesis of melanin -- Intriguing function of melanin -- Pigmentary disorders that occur in black skin -- Vitiligo -- Other pigmentary disorders -- Chemical agents and pigmentary disorders -- Postinflammatory pigmentary disorders -- Disorders of hyperpigmentation -- Dermatology of black skin -- Actinic keratosis and skin cancer -- Pseudofolliculitis barbae -- Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens -- Keloidal folliculitis -- Dermatosis papulosa nigra -- Disseminate and recurrent infundibulo-folliculitis -- Wound healing and the formation of keloids -- Healing process -- Healing promoting factors -- Wound contraction and scar formation -- Hypertrophic scars and keloids -- Other differences between hypertrophic scars and keloids -- Keloids -- Scars -- Cosmetic surgery -- Cosmetics for black skin -- Cover cosmetics -- Stratum corneum -- Skin lubricants -- Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation -- Melasma -- Hair-grooming techniques -- Reflections on cosmetics. 650 0 $a Skin $x Physiology. 650 0 $a Blacks $x Physiology. 650 0 $a Human skin color. 650 0 $a Melanin 650 0 $a Melanocytes. 650 12 $a Skin $x Physiology. 650 22 $a Negroid Race. 650 22 $a Melanins 650 22 $a Melanocytes. 653 0 $a Physiology $a Skin $a Physiology 700 1 $a Montagna, Williams. 700 1 $a Prota, Giuseppe. 700 1 $a Kenney, John A., $d 1914- 939 $a 338009 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240717025358.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019020524.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4DCA76E22ACA11DE8510CF04A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search