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In Vivo Study on Age-Related Elastic Properties of Human Skin

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Noninvasive Methods for the Quantification of Skin Functions

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The skin performs numerous functions vital to the maintenance of homeostasis. Faced with a variety of extrinsic factors, such as physical trauma from the sun, wind, temperature changes, microorganisms, and the dynamic movements of the body, as well as the intrinsic aging processes, its integrity is well preserved by a complex interaction of the three layers: epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

    K. P. Wilhelm

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    K. P. Wilhelm, A. B. Cua & H. I. Maibach

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  1. Hautklinik der Städtischen Kliniken Dortmund Lehrstuhl Dermatologie, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Beurhausstr. 40, 4600, Dortmund 1, Germany

    Peter J. Frosch

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104-6142, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Albert M. Kligman M.D.

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Wilhelm, K.P., Cua, A.B., Maibach, H.I. (1993). In Vivo Study on Age-Related Elastic Properties of Human Skin. In: Frosch, P.J., Kligman, A.M. (eds) Noninvasive Methods for the Quantification of Skin Functions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78157-5_12

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