Identification of chemical compositions of skin calcified deposit by vibrational microspectroscopies

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 231-234

  Liu, Ming Tzen ^a   Cheng, Wen Ting ^a   Li, Mei Jane ^a   Liu, Han Nan ^a   Yang, Der Ming ^a   Lin, Shan Yang ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carotene; Calcified deposit; Calcinosis cutis; Chemical composition; Collagen; FTIR; Hydroxyapatite; Raman

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM SALT; CARBONIC ACID; COLLAGEN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HYDROXYAPATITE; PHOSPHATE;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATURATION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCIENCE; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN NODULE; STAIN; STRETCHING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; BETA CAROTENE; CALCINOSIS; COLLAGEN; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 27744467238     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-005-0614-4     Document Type: Article

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