Light micrograph of a section through thick dermis from human skin, stained with the Cajal-Gallego's method. Note the higher proportion of elastic fib

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Light micrograph of a section through thick dermis from human skin, stained with the Cajal-Gallego's method. Note the higher proportion of elastic fibres (magenta) in the dermis papillary and of collagen fibres (blue) in the dermis reticular.

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Keywords: biological, biology, cajal-gallego, cell, collagen, cytological, cytology, elastic, epidermis, epithelial, epithelium, fibres, gland, hematoxylin-eosin, histological, histology, micrograph, microscope, microscopic, microscopy, photomicrograph, section, skin, tissue