Assessment of the atrophogenicity of corticosteroids to human skin using non-invasive methods

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 167-173

  Kolbe, Ludger ^a,b   Stoudemayer, Tracy ^a   Kligman, Albert M ^c,d  

^a SKIN Inc   (United States)

^b BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clobetasol propionate; Cutometer; Silflo replica; Steroid atrophy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BIOENGINEERING; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN WATER LOSS; TECHNIQUE; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031739377     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1998.tb00105.x     Document Type: Article

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