Permeability barrier abnormality of hairless mouse epidermis after topical corticosteroid: Characterization of stratum corneum lipids by ruthenium tetroxide staining and high-performance thin-layer chromatography

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 281-289

  Sheu, Hamm Ming ^a,c   Lee, J Yu Yun ^a   Kuo, Kou Wha ^b   Tsai, Jui Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lipid; Permeability barrier; Stratum corneum; Topical corticosteroid

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WATER LOSS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0031862535     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02399.x     Document Type: Article

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