Urocanic acid isomers: Relation to body site, pigmentation, stratum corneum thickness and photosensitivity

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 289, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 501-505

  De Fine Olivarius, F ^a   Wulf, H C ^a   Therkildsen, P ^b   Poulsen, T ^b   Crosby, J ^c   Norval, M ^d  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural photoprotection; Pigmentation; Stratum corneum thickness; Urocanic acid

Indexed keywords

UROCANIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BUTTOCK; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISOMER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; THICKNESS; THORAX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BUTTOCKS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STEREOISOMERISM; THORAX; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UROCANIC ACID;

EID: 0030818346     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050230     Document Type: Article

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