Stratum corneum hydration and flexibility are useful parameters to indicate clinical severity of congenital ichthyosis

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 619-624

  Tomita, Yuki ^a   Akiyama, Masashi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital ichthyosis; Stratum corneum hydration; Stratum corneum thickness; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATUM CORNEUM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WATER LOSS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKERATOSIS, EPIDERMOLYTIC; ICHTHYOSIS; ICHTHYOSIS, LAMELLAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 22744440981     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-6705.2005.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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