Assessment of epidermal barrier function by photoacoustic spectrometry in relation to its importance in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1451-1461

  Hata, Maki ^a   Tokura, Yoshiki ^a   Takigawa, Masahiro ^a   Sato, Makoto ^b   Shioya, Yasushi ^b   Fujikura, Yoshiaki ^b   Imokawa, Genji ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kao Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DYE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PENETRATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFLAMMATION; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MALE; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0036850087     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.LAB.0000036874.83540.2B     Document Type: Article

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