Electron diffraction provides new information on human stratum corneum lipid organization studied in relation to depth and temperature

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 403-409

  Pilgram, Gonneke S K ^a   Engelsma Van Pelt, A Marjolein ^a   Bouwstra, Joke A ^b   Koerten, Henk K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Cryo electron microscopy; Skin; Two dimensional crystals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STRATUM CORNEUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032833887     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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