Cryo-electron diffraction as a tool to study local variations in the lipid organization of human stratum corneum

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-78

  Pilgram, G S K ^a   Van Pelt, A M ^a   Spies, F ^a   Bouwstra, J A ^b   Koerten, H K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Electron diffraction; Lipids; Stratum corneum; Tape strip

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; FATTY ACIDS; INTERFEROMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BARRIERS FUNCTIONS; CORNEOCYTES; HUMAN SKIN; HUMAN STRATUM CORNEUM; LOCAL VARIATIONS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TAPE-STRIP; TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS; WIDE ANGLE; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

LIPIDS;

ADHESIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID BILAYER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031930725     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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