Skin surface lipids and their measurements

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 498-505

  Wójcik, Aneta ^a   Budzisz, Elzbieta ^a   Rotsztejn, Helena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Measuring sebum secretion; Sebocytes; Sebumeter; Skin lipids

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; ADAPALENE; ADRENALIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; AZELAIC ACID; BENTONITE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MELANOCORTIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RETINOIC ACID; SHAMPOO; SKIN LIPID; SOAP; SPHINGOSINE; SQUALENE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WAX;

ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CORNEOMETER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; EPIDERMIS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DEVICE; OILY SKIN; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS CELL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM; SEBUMETER; SKIN; TEWAMETER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS;

EID: 84855169552     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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