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Induction of Tumours in Denervated Skin

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IT has been shown that the number of fine axons in close relationship with the epidermis of human skin increases pari passu with a rise in the mitotic index in the germinal layer1,2. These observations prompted us to compare the rate of tumour induction by chemical carcinogenic agents in comparable zones of healthy as well as denervated skin in the same animal, because it has been shown that in completely denervated skin the mitotic index falls3.

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PAWLOWSKI, A., WEDDELL, G. Induction of Tumours in Denervated Skin. Nature 213, 1234–1236 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131234a0

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