Two ceramide subfractions detectable in Cer(AS) position by HPTLC in skin surface lipids of non-lesional skin of atopic eczema

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 894-900

  Bleck, Oliver ^a   Abeck, Dietrich ^b   Ring, Johannes ^b   Hoppe, Udo ^c   Vietzke, Jens Peter ^c   Wolber, Rainer ^c   Brandt, Oliver ^c   Schreiner, Volker ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Ceramides; Epidermal barrier

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; SPHINGOSINE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; XEROSIS;

EID: 0033397858     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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