Molecular structure and concentration of melanin in the stratum corneum of patients with melasma

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-160

  Moncada, Benjamin ^a   Sahagún Sánchez, Landy K ^a   Torres Álvarez, Bertha ^a   Castanedo Cázares, Juan P ^a   Martínez Ramírez, Juan D ^b   González, Francisco J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN COMUNICACIÓN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Melanin; Melasma; Raman; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449159282     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2009.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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