Surface electrical capacitance as a no index of epidermal barrier in cultured skin substitutes in athymic mice

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-87

  Boyce, Steven T ^a,c   Supp, Andrew P ^a   Harriger, M Dana ^a   Pickens, William L ^a,b   Wickett, R Randall ^a   Hoath, Steven B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical instrumentation; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; KERATINOCYTE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN GRAFT; STRATUM CORNEUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030036475     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12298286     Document Type: Article

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