Increased transepidermal water loss and decreased ceramide content in lesional and non-lesional skin of dogs with atopic dermatitis

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 541-546

  Shimada, Kenichiro ^a   Yoon, Ji Seon ^a   Yoshihara, Toru ^b   Iwasaki, Toshiroh ^a   Nishifuji, Koji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; LIPID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHEMISTRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CERAMIDES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LIPIDS; SKIN; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 73149092062     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2009.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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