Ceramide and cholesterol composition of the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-30

  Di Nardo, A ^a   Wertz, P ^b   Giannetti, A ^a   Seidenari, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier function

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PERMEABILITY; WATER RETENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERAMIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031915569     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015559850135788     Document Type: Article

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