Changes in villus-like projections of corneocytes from the facial skin in normal infants with or without infantile eczema; useful parameter to assess barrier function

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 361-367

  Naoko, Ota ^a   Satoshi, Hirakawa ^a   Fukuyoshi, Mori ^a   Mitsuyoshi, Honda ^b  

^a POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infants; Like projections; Skin barrier function; Skin rashes; Transepidermal water loss; Villus

Indexed keywords

INFANTS; LIKE PROJECTIONS; SKIN BARRIER FUNCTIONS; SKIN RASHES; TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS; VILLUS;

DERMATOLOGY; PEDIATRICS;

SKIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEOCYTE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMATOLOGIST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAPANESE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PITYRIASIS; RASH; SKIN; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; VILLUS LIKE PROJECTION;

INFANTS; LIKE PROJECTIONS; SKIN BARRIER FUNCTION; SKIN RASHES; TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS; VILLUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARM; CHEEK; ECZEMA; EPIDERMIS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROVILLI; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 84885477625     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12044     Document Type: Article

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