Lamellar lipid organization and ceramide composition in the stratum corneum of patients with atopic eczema

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2136-2138

  Janssens, Michelle ^a   Van Smeden, Jeroen ^a   Gooris, Gert S ^a   Bras, Wim ^b   Portale, Guiseppe ^b   Caspers, Peter J ^c   Vreeken, Rob J ^a   Kezic, Sanja ^d   Lavrijsen, Adriana P M ^e   Bouwstra, Joke A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; LIPID;

ADULT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMELLAR LIPID ORGANIZATION; LETTER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LONG PERIODICITY PHASE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80052850712     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.175     Document Type: Letter

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