Assessment of near-infrared densitometry for in situ determination of the total stratum corneum thickness on pig skin: Influence of storage time

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 249-256

  Franzen, L ^a   Windbergs, M ^a,b,c   Hansen, S ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PharmBioTec GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microprotein assay; Near infrared densitometry; Porcine skin; Stratum corneum; Tape stripping

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE TAPE STRIPPING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED DENSITOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STORAGE; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWINE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; DENSITOMETRY; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SURGICAL TAPE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864098602     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: 16605535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339905     Document Type: Article

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