The pH gradient over the stratum corneum differs in X-linked recessive and autosomal dominant ichthyosis: A clue to the molecular origin of the 'acid skin mantle'?

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 674-677

  Öhman, Hans ^b   Vahlquist, Anders ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholesterol sulfate; Filaggrin; Hyperkeratosis; Keratinization

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL SULFATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICHTHYOSIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0031687460     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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