Documentation of normal stratum corneum scaling in an average population: Features of differences among age, ethnicity and body site

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 497-507

  Chu, M ^a   Kollias, N ^a  

^a JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CAUCASIAN; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEOCYTE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARM; DERMOSCOPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN AGING; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952378612     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10120.x     Document Type: Article

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