Characteristics of Skin Surface Morphology and Transepidermal Water Loss in Clinically Normal-Appearing Skin of Patients with Atopic Dermatitis: A Video-Microscopy Study

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 78-85

  Suehiro, Mitsuhiro ^a   Hirano, Shinya ^a   Ikenaga, Kenji ^a   Katoh, Norito ^a   Yasuno, Hirokazu ^a   Kishimoto, Saburo ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical score; Disease activity; Eosinophil; Lactate dehydrogenase; Skin ridges

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; VIDEORECORDING; WATER LOSS;

EID: 1542276638     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00512.x     Document Type: Article

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