Clinical and immunohistochemical study of the effect of a cosmetic product in patients with asteatotic eczema

International Journal of Tissue Reactions

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-29

  Caproni, M ^a   Torchia, D ^a   Pestelli, E ^a   Volpi, W ^a   Fabbri, P ^a,b   Schincaglia, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Clinica Dermatologica II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOMER; COSMETIC; DIMETICONE; GLYCOL; INVOLUCRIN; KERATIN; KERATIN ANTIBODY; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SCHERILAN; SKIN LIPID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL AGENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY SKIN; ECZEMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OINTMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN STRUCTURE; XEROSIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COSMETICS; ECZEMA; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-5; KERATINS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

EID: 15944404587     PISSN: 02500868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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