Quantitative follow-up of the cutaneous barrier function in wound healing

Exogenous Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 303-306

  Rodrigues, Luís M ^a,b   Pinto, Pedro C ^b   Magro, José M ^a   Furtado, Nuno ^a   Roberto, Maria Angélica ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOSÉ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Plastic occlusion stress test; Transepidermal water loss; Wound healing, mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONVALESCENCE; EVAPORATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCLUSION; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PLASTIC OCCLUSION STRESS TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRESS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33745287217     PISSN: 14244616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092010     Document Type: Article

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