Efficient and simple quantification of stratum corneum proteins on tape strippings by infrared densitometry

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-251

  Voegeli, Rainer ^a   Heiland, J ^b   Doppler, S ^a   Rawlings, A V ^c   Schreier, T ^a  

^a Pentapharm Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b Heiland Electronic GmbH   (Germany)

^c AVR Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D Squame ; Infrared densitometry; Stratum corneum protein; Tape stripping

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DENSIOMETRY; STRATUM CORNEUM PROTEIN;

CORRELATION METHODS; DERMATOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDRATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LINEAR REGRESSION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROTEINS;

SKIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ABSORPTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADULT; DENSITOMETRY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 34447266906     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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