Normal recovery of the stratum corneum barrier function following damage induced by tape stripping in patients with atopic dermatitis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 966-967

  Tanaka, M ^a   Zhen, Y X ^a   Tagami, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN WATER LOSS;

EID: 0030737682     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03946.x     Document Type: Article

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