Structure and function of human stratum corneum under deformation

Dermatology

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-357

  Lévêque, Jean Luc ^a   Hallégot, Philippe ^a   Doucet, Jean ^b   Piérard, Gérald ^c  

^a L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Extension; Stratum corneum; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; LIPID BILAYER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CELL; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADULT; BODY WATER; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0036435490     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066433     Document Type: Article

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