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dyskeratosis [di‚sker·ə′tō·səs] (medicine) Imperfect keratinization of individual epidermal cells. Keratinization of corneal epithelium. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| They have abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, but they rarely show keratin pearl formation or dyskeratosis. Finally, human genetic disorders such as Dyskeratosis Congenita that cause decreased telomerase activity in all cells throughout life show shortened telomeres at birth and rapid progression to diseases in highly proliferative tissues such as bone marrow and skin. There was pleomorphism, dyskeratosis, anisocytosis, and atypical mitotic figures within the cells of the superficial layers of stratified squamous epithelium. |
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