2002, Number 1
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Rev Cent Dermatol Pascua 2002; 11 (1)
Skin flora as barrier and protection of the normal skin
Santamaría GV, Alvarado DA
Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 18-21
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ABSTRACT
Normal skin surface is colonized by bacterium, fungi and parasitic flora, which have a great importance in protection and barrier function; the skin as a barrier is given for the interrelation between the stratum corneum and lipid layer, which confers permeability between outside and inside environment. We made a review about skin flora and the skin as a barrier.
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