Stratum corneum lipids and water

Exogenous Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-56

  Wertz, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Epidermis; Lipid; Water

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; HYDROXYACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; LIPID; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; LIPID COMPOSITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER LOSS;

EID: 22544450777     PISSN: 14244616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086155     Document Type: Article

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