Neonatal skin maturation-vernix caseosa and free amino acids

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-132

  Visscher, Marty O ^a   Utturkar, Radhika ^b   Pickens, William L ^a   Laruffa, Angela A ^a   Robinson, Marisa ^b   Wickett, R Randell ^b   Narendran, Vivek ^a   Hoath, Steven B ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN CARE; STRATUM CORNEUM; VERNIX CASEOSA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; EPIDERMIS; FORESKIN; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; SKIN ABSORPTION; VERNIX CASEOSA; WATER;

EID: 79955043837     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01309.x     Document Type: Article

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