Effects of topical corticosteroid and tacrolimus on ceramides and irritancy to sodium lauryl sulphate in healthy skin

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-294

  Jungersted, Jakob Mutanu ^a   Høgh, Julie K ^b   Hellgren, Lars I ^b   Jemec, Gregor B E ^a   Agner, Tove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ceramides; Corticosteroid; Emollient; Lipids; Skin barrier; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOACRYLATE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EMOLLIENT AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN BARRIER; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; CERAMIDES; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EMOLLIENTS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955715789     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1064     Document Type: Article

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