Mass spectrometric characterization of cholesterol esters and wax esters in epidermis of fetal, adult and keloidal human skin

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-323

  Tachi, Masahiro ^a   Iwamori, Masao ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical ionization; Epidermal lipids; Keloid; Molecular Species

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CHOLESTEROL OLEATE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SKIN LIPID; SQUALENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; WAX ESTER;

ADULT; AGE; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION; KELOID; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN;

EID: 40349089875     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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