Topically applied vitamin C increases the density of dermal papillae in aged human skin

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sauermann, Kirsten ^a   Jaspers, Sören ^a   Koop, Urte ^a   Wenck, Horst ^a  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DENSITY; DERMIS; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOREARM; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SKIN AGING; VITAMIN A;

EID: 10444244786     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-4-13     Document Type: Article

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