Skin barrier properties in different body areas in neonates

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 105-108

  Yosipovitch, Gil ^a   Maayan Metzger, Ayala ^a,b,c   Merlob, Paul ^a,b,c   Sirota, Lea ^a,b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neonate skin barrier function; Stratum corneum physiology; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CARE; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0033917685     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.1.105     Document Type: Article

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