Ceramide-dominant barrier repair lipids alleviate childhood atopic dermatitis: Changes in barrier function provide a sensitive indicator of disease activity

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 198-208

  Chamlin, Sarah L ^a,b   Kao, Jack ^a,b   Frieden, Ilona J ^a,b   Sheu, Mary Y ^a,b   Fowler, Ashley J ^a,b   Fluhr, Joachim W ^a,b   Williams, Mary L ^a,b   Elias, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AVEENO; CERAMIDE; CETAPHIL; CETIRIZINE; CHOLESTEROL; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FATTY ACID; HYDROXYZINE; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; LORATADINE; PETROLATUM; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TRICERAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIPAMIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRATUM CORNEUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036696327     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.124617     Document Type: Article

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