Ethnicity and stratum corneum ceramides

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1169-1173

  Jungersted, J M ^a   Hiogh J K ^b   Hellgren, L I ^b   Jemec, G B E ^a   Agner, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

atopic eczema; ceramides; ethnicity

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOACRYLATE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CERAMIDES; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DENMARK; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649638002     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10080.x     Document Type: Article

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