abnormal formation of the outermost layer of the bilaminar embryonic/fetal epidermis; periderm cells emerge at approximately E9.5 and form simple squamous epithelium, the most superficial embryonic layer; these cells form the first, but temporary, embryonic permeability barrier, and are replaced by the cornified envelope, that forms during keratinocyte stratification, by E16.5
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