Age-related alterations of echogenicity in Japanese skin

Dermatology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-307

  Tsukahara, Kazue ^a   Takema, Yoshinori ^a   Moriwaki, Shigeru ^a   Fujimura, Tsutomu ^a   Kitahara, Takashi ^a   Imokawa, Genji ^a,b  

^a Kao Biological Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b Kao Biological Science Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; B mode ultrasound; Echogenicity; Face

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; B SCAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0033948177     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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