Ultrastructure of the epidermal barrier after irritation

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-199

  Fartasch, Manigé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

acetone; epidermal barrier; irritation; SDS; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; EPIDERMAL BARRIER; IRRITATION; PERMEABILITY BARRIERS; SDS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS; ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ACETONE;

ACETONE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; IRRITANT AGENT; SKIN LIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID BILAYER; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030910034     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970501)37:3<193::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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