Functional properties of the surface of the vermilion border of the lips are distinct from those of the facial skin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 563-567

  Kobayashi, H ^a   Tagami, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged skin; Barrier function; High frequency conductance; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ETRETINATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPHYSICS; CHEEK; EPITHELIUM; ETRETINATE; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 1842506635     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05741.x     Document Type: Article

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