Incontinence induces stratum corneum vulnerability and impairs the skin barrier function in the perianal region

Dermatology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-299

  Nakagami, Gojiro ^a,e   Sanada, Hiromi ^a   Kitagawa, Atsuko ^a   Tadaka, Etsuko ^a   Maekawa, Takeo ^b   Nagase, Takashi ^c   Konya, Chizuko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramide fractions; Glossy skin; Incontinence, elderly patients; Skin barrier function, perianal region

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE;

AGED; ANUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALE; PERINEUM; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN FUNCTION; STRATUM CORNEUM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; BODY WATER; CERAMIDES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PERINEUM; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 33751536334     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096192     Document Type: Article

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