Standardized tape stripping: A practical and reproducible protocol to uniformly reduce the stratum corneum

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Dickel, H ^a   Goulioumis, A ^a   Gambichler, T ^a   Fluhr, J W ^b   Kamphowe, J ^a   Altmeyer, P ^a   Kuss, O ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy, in vivo; Stratum corneum; Strip patch test; Tape stripping

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE TAPE STRIPPING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDIZATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; SURGICAL TAPE; THICKNESS; ADOLESCENT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATCH TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952305995     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314700     Document Type: Article

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