Confocal laser microscopic imaging of conspicuous facial pores in vivo: Relation between the appearance and the internal structure of skin

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-212

  Sugata, Keiichi ^a   Nishijima, Takafumi ^a   Kitahara, Takashi ^a   Takema, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermal dermaljunction; Facial pore; In vivo confocal laser microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

CHEEK SKIN; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMAL-DERMAL JUNCTION; FACIAL PORE;

SKIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPIDERMIS; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SURFACE;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CHEEK; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POROSITY; SKIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 42449140206     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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