Epidermal hydration and skin surface lipids in patients with long-term complications of sulfur mustard poisoning
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epidermal hydration and skin surface lipids in patients with long term complications of sulfur mustard poisoning
background: despite almost the three decades passed since the chemical attacks of iraqi’s army against the iranian troops, some veterans are still suffering from long-term complications of sulfur mustard (sm) poisoning, including certain skin complaints specially dryness, burning, and pruritus. we thus aimed to evaluate the skin’s water and lipid content in patients with a disability of >25% du...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1735-1995
DOI: 10.4103/1735-1995.166200