Skin Type, but Neither Race nor Gender, Influence Epidermal Permeability Barrier Function

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BACKGROUND AND DESIGN: Previous studies that compared transepidermal water loss in subjects of different race and sex showed minimal differences in basal permeability barrier function. These studies often did not assess the ability of the stratum corneum to withstand or recover from insults to the epidermal permeability barrier. We compared epidermal permeability barrier function in the following human subjects...

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