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Cutaneous Bioengineering

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Cutaneous Biometrics

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Abstract

Bioengineering methods are becoming more and more useful tools not only for research but also for the objectivation of clinical findings and even for making clinical diagnoses. In this chapter we describe the most important noninvasive methods for characterization of skin properties. The application of irritancy tests for the assessment of individual irritant reactivity is discussed. The lack of reproducibil-ity of single irritancy tests makes it necessary to apply a series of tests in order to assess proclivity to irritant contact dermatitis. The potential of bioengineering methods for the prevention of irritant contact dermatitis is discussed, and important influencing factors of the measurements are noted

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Zurich, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Dimiter Iliev

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  3. Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94143-0989

    Howard I. Maibach

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  1. Rheinisch-Westfalisch Tecnische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany

    Doris A. Schwindt

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

    Howard I. Maibach

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Iliev, D., Elsner, P., Maibach, H.I. (2000). Cutaneous Bioengineering. In: Schwindt, D.A., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Cutaneous Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1199-1_7

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