Cutaneous antimicrobial defense

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-147

  Cove, Jonathan H ^a   Eady, E Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FLORA; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PROTECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWEAT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0031815765     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(97)00177-6     Document Type: Article

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