Skin hydration and cooling effect produced by the Voltaren ® vehicle gel

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Hug, Agnes M ^a   Schmidts, Thomas ^b   Kuhlmann, Jens ^b   Segger, Dörte ^c   Fotopoulos, Grigorios ^d   Heinzerling, Johanna ^a  

^a Novartis Consumer Health GmbH   (Germany)

^b RSC Pharma LTD and Co KG   (Germany)

^c SIT Skin Investigation and Technology Hamburg GmbH   (Germany)

^d Novartis Consumer Health SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cooling effect; Emulgel; Skin hydration; SSWL; Transepidermal water loss; Vehicle gel; Voltaren

Indexed keywords

COOLING EFFECTS; EMULGEL; SKIN HYDRATION; SSWL; TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS; VOLTAREN;

COOLING; DERMATOLOGY; HYDRATION; INFRARED IMAGING; SKIN; SURVEYS;

VEHICLES;

DICLOFENAC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COOLING EFFECT; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SKIN HYDRATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL VEHICLES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOSENSING; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859381137     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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