Human stratum corneum lipids have a distorted orthorhombic packing at the surface of cohesive failure

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-19

  Chen, Yen Lane ^a   Wiedmann, Timothy S ^b  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Desquamation; Lipid packing; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; DESQUAMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0030018318     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12296521     Document Type: Article

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