Functional analyses of the eyelid skin constituting the most soft and smooth area on the face: Contribution of its remarkably large superficial corneocytes to effective water-holding capacity of the stratum corneum

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Pratchyapruit, Walaiorn ^a   Kikuchi, Katsuko ^b   Gritiyarangasan, Pimonpun ^a   Aiba, Setsuya ^b   Tagami, Hachiro ^b  

^a Institute of Dermatology Thailand   (Thailand)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Corneocyte; Hydration; Noninvasive instrumental measurements; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DERMATITIS; HYDRATION; PH; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SKIN; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CORNEOCYTE; NONINVASIVE INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

SKIN LIPID; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLINKING; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTION; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; JAPAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PH; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CELL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BODY WATER; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EYELIDS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; SKIN ABSORPTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947402584     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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