Effects of silicone gel sheet on the stratum corneum hydration

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 503-507

  Suetake, Takaki ^a   Sasai, Shu ^a   Zhen, Ya Xian ^a   Tagami, Hachiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scars; Keloid scars; Silicone gel sheet; Stratum corneum hydration

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICONE GEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BIOPHYSICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; FILM; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IN VIVO STUDY; KELOID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0033844845     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2000.3388     Document Type: Article

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