The influence of gender and age on the thickness and echo-density of skin

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 13-20

  Firooz, A ^a,b   Rajabi Estarabadi, A ^a   Zartab, H ^a   Pazhohi, N ^a   Fanian, F ^a   Janani, L ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

age; echo density; gender; skin thickness; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GENDER; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASONOGRAPHY; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; NONINVASIVE METHODS; SKIN THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND SCANNING;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ADULT; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DORSAL REGION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VOLUNTEER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IRAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; SKIN AGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85008339628     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12294     Document Type: Article

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