Measurement of the amounts of elastic fibers in the skin and temporal arteries of healthy aged individuals by automated image analysis

Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 318-323

  Gogly, B ^a   Godeau, G ^a,b   Septier, D ^b   Hornebeck, W ^a   Pellat, B ^a   Jeandel, C ^c  

^a Lab Physiopathol Tissus non M

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Elastic fibers; Skin; Solar radiations; Temporal artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031771892     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022035     Document Type: Article

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