The impact of ultraviolet therapy on stratum corneum ceramides and barrier function

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 331-333

  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; Skin barrier measurements; UV light therapy

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; LIPID; PSORALEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NUMMULAR DERMATITIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; SKIN FUNCTION; STRATUM CORNEUM; VITILIGO;

CERAMIDES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 81355151457     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2011.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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