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- For the layer of the hippocampus, see stratum lucidum of hippocampus.
The stratum lucidum is a layer of the epidermis found only in palmoplantar skin (the thicker skin of the palms and soles), between the stratum granulosum and stratum corneum layers. It is composed of three to five layers of dead, flattened keratinocytes. [1][2]
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- ^ McGrath, J.A.; Eady, R.A.; Pope, F.M. (2004). Rook's Textbook of Dermatology (Seventh Edition). Blackwell Publishing. Pages 3.8. ISBN 9780632064298.
- ^ Tortora, Gerard; Derrickson, Bryan; Principles of Anatomy and Physiology (2009)152 John Wiley & Sons Inc, Hoboken, NJ ISBN978-0-470-08471-7.
