Effect of topically applied dexpanthenol on epidermal barrier function and stratum corneum hydration: Results of a human in vivo

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 659-663

  Gehring, Wolfgang ^a,b   Gloor, Max ^a  

^a Stadt Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^b Hautklinik am Klin Stadt K   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAS 81 13 0; Dexpanthenol; Epidermal barrier function; Stratum corneum, hydration

Indexed keywords

BEPANTHOL; DEXPANTHENOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0033930932     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1300268     Document Type: Article

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