A model to assess the efficacy of moisturizers - The quantification of soap-induced xerosis by image analysis of adhesive-coated discs (D-Squames®)

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 338-343

  El Gammal, C ^a   Pagnoni, A ^a   Kligman, A M ^b   El Gammal, S ^c  

^a Found for Basic Cutaneous Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XEROSIS;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; SOAPS;

EID: 0030478328     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00118.x     Document Type: Article

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