Infant epidermal skin physiology: Adaptation after birth

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 483-490

  Fluhr, J W ^a   Darlenski, R ^b   Lachmann, N ^c   Baudouin, C ^c   Msika, P ^c   De Belilovsky, C ^d   Hachem, J P ^e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c Laboratoires Expanscience   (France)

^d INSTITUT ALFRED FOURNIER   (France)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CAPACITANCE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN PH; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WATER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PERMEABILITY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857631005     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10659.x     Document Type: Article

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