The changes of stratum corneum interstices and calcium distribution of follicular epithelium of experimentally induced comedones (EIC) by oleic acid

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-35

  Choi, Eung Ho ^a   Ahn, Sung Ku ^a   Lee, Seung Hun ^b,c  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

calcium; comedo; epidermal permeability barrier

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; OLEIC ACID; SKIN LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMEDO; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RABBIT; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR; EPITHELIUM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYERS; MALE; OLEIC ACID; RABBITS; SKIN;

EID: 0030899370     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1997.tb00142.x     Document Type: Article

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