Atopic Dermatitis

Researchers from National Taiwan University detail new studies and findings in the area of atopic dermatitis

Published in Hematology Week, April 27th, 2009

According to recent research from Taipei, Taiwan, "Atopic dermatitis (AD) is characterized by hyperkeratosis of epidermis and fibrosis within dermis in chronic skin lesions. Thus far, the histology of skin lesions has been evaluated only by examination of excised specimens."

"A noninvasive in vivo tool is essential to evaluate the histopathological changes during the clinical course of AD. We used Cr:forsterite laser-based multimodality nonlinear microscopy to analyze the endogenous molecular signals, including third-harmonic generation (THG), second-harmonic generation (SHG), and two-photon fluorescence (TPF) from skin lesions in AD. Significant differences in...

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Source: Hematology Week (2009-04-27)

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