Epidermal barrier in disorders of the skin

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-372

  Fartasch, Manigé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopy; Epidermal lipids; Ichthyosis; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; DERMATOLOGY; LIPID BILAYERS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SKIN;

ATOPY; DRY SKIN; EPIDERMAL LIPID; HUMAN SKIN; ICHTHYOSIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIERS; PSORIASI; SKIN DISORDERS; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER PERMEABILITY;

LIPIDS;

LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICHTHYOSIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0030879293     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970815)38:4<361::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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