A method of determination of cholesterol contents on the surface of the human skin and prospects of its use. II. Psoriasis
Fortinskaia, E.S.; Torkhovskaia, T.I.; Sharapova, G.I.; Loginova, T.K.; Khalilol, E.M.
Klinicheskaia Laboratornaia Diagnostika 5: 15-17
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-2084 PMID: 7850227 Document Number: 424660
A noninvasive method for cholesterol extraction from the surface layers of the epidermis is suggested. Levels of cholesterol and its fractions were measured in extracts obtained from the foci of psoriasis and apparently intact skin of 105 patients with psoriasis. Cholesterol levels were found noticeably increased, mainly at the expense of its free fraction in involved foci and in apparently intact skin. A conclusion is made on the good informative value of the suggested method.