[A non-invasive method for measuring the visco-elastic properties of the skin in healthy subjects and in subjects with scleroderma].

Authors :: Cozzani E
Gnone M
Gaddia G
Cipriani C
Source :: Giornale italiano di dermatologia e venereologia : organo ufficiale, Societa italiana di dermatologia e sifilografia [G Ital Dermatol Venereol] 1989 Sep; Vol. 124 (9), pp. 403-6.
Publication Year :: 1989
Abstract: The skin elasticity is a mechanic parameter of great interest for the objective evaluation of many skin disorders. The Authors present a non invasive method for the determination of skin visco-elastic properties. Four sclerodermic patients and 18 normal subjects were studied.

Subjects :: Adult
Elasticity
Female
Humans
Manometry
Middle Aged
Suction
Viscosity
Anthropometry methods
Scleroderma, Systemic pathology
Skin pathology

Language :: Italian
ISSN :: 0392-0488
Volume :: 124
Issue :: 9
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Giornale italiano di dermatologia e venereologia : organo ufficiale, Societa italiana di dermatologia e sifilografia
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 2635142

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