Development of skin barrier function in premature infants

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 320-326

  Kalia, Yogeshvar N ^a,c,d   Nonato, Lourdes B ^a   Lund, Carolyn H ^b   Guy, Richard H ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Ctr Interuniv Rech d'Enseignement   (France)

Author keywords

Impedance; Neonatal development; Stratum corneum; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMPEDANCE; INFANT; INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0031926856     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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