Assessment of dermal water by high-frequency ultrasound: Comparative studies with nuclear magnetic resonance

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 218-224

  Gniadecka, M ^a,c   Quistorff, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SKIN EDEMA; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0029956972     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb01150.x     Document Type: Article

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