Cutaneous barrier function in children affected by a topic dermatitis: Instrumental evaluation of 200 patients and 45 healthy subjects;La barrière cutanea nei bambini con dermatite atopica: Valutazione strumentale in 200 pazienti e 45 controlli

Rivista Italiana di Pediatria

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 954-959

  Giusti, G ^a   Seidenari, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Disease activity; Skin barrier function; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747015750     PISSN: 03925161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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