Citric acid increases viable epidermal thickness and glycosaminoglycan content of sun-damaged skin

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 689-694

  Bernstein, Eric F ^a   Underhill, Charles B ^b   Lakkakorpi, Jouni ^a   Ditre, Cherie M ^a   Uitto, Jouni ^a   Yu, Ruey J ^c   Van Scott, Eugene ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bluemle Life Sciences Bldg ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CITRIC ACID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; THICKNESS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030804666     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00391.x     Document Type: Article

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