Evaluation of barrier creams - Introduction and comparison of 3 in vivo methods

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 347-354

  Rieger, Tina ^a   Teichmann, Alexa ^a   Richter, Heike ^a   Schanzer, Sabine ^a   Sterry, Wolfram ^a   Lademann, Jürgen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glycerol trinitrate; Laser doppler flowmetry; Laser scanning microscopy; Skin protection; Sodium fluorescein; Tape stripping

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PETROLATUM; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURFACE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TAPE STRIPPING PROCEDURE;

ADULT; COLORING AGENTS; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SURGICAL TAPE;

EID: 34250676417     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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