Noninvasive bioengineering assessment of the skin barrier function in patients with chronic venous insufficiency

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1071-1075

  Angelova Fischer, I ^a   Wuthe, D ^a   Zillikens, D ^a   Kahle, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Skin barrier; Skin hydration; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSEL CAPACITANCE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; VARICOSIS; WATER LOSS;

AGED; BIOENGINEERING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 77951231336     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09641.x     Document Type: Article

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