Positional differences and aging changes in Japanese woman epidermal thickness and corneous thickness determined by OCT (optical coherence tomography)

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 242-250

  Tsugita, Tetsuya ^a   Nishijima, Takafumi ^a   Kitahara, Takashi ^a   Takema, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Corneous thickness; Epidermal thickness; OCT

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; BASAL LAYER; CORNEOUS THICKNESS; EPIDERMAL THICKNESS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; OCT; SKIN THICKNESS;

AGING OF MATERIALS; DERMATOLOGY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARM; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHEEK; CORNEOUS THICKNESS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN SURFACE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

AGING; CORNEOUS THICKNESS; EPIDERMAL THICKNESS; OCT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DENSITOMETRY; DERMOSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN AGING; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880363588     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12021     Document Type: Article

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