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The Merkel Cell in Oral Human Mucosa

Gene J. Fortman

Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55901, USA

R.K. Winkelmann

Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55901, USA

A study of the mucosal Merkel cells from 10 patients showed that the cell contained an intranuclear rodlet, clear cell qualities, fine desmosomes, characteristic membrane-bound Merkel granules, and cellular "horns" and had a close relationship to terminal axons. The Merkel cell is an intraepithelial cell with features of neurons and of amine-storage cells.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 56, No. 11, 1303-1312 (1977)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345770560110201
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