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We have performed a study on human skin indicating that the dermal blanching induced by topical corticosteroids can be evaluated with a skin impedance spectrometer. For comparison visual scoring and laser Doppler flowmetry was used.
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Emtestam, L., Kuzmina, N., Talme, T. (2007). Evaluation of the effects of topical clobetasol propionate by electrical impedance. In: Scharfetter, H., Merwa, R. (eds) 13th International Conference on Electrical Bioimpedance and the 8th Conference on Electrical Impedance Tomography. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73841-1_46
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