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The Journal of Investigative Dermatology (1963) 41, 259–264; doi:10.1038/jid.1963.50

Free Fatty Acids of the Skin Surface and Barrier Zone in Normal and Abnormal Keratinization1

This work has been supported by Grants # AM 07137-03 GM and AM 06801-01 GM from the Public Health Service.

Presented at the Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of The Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc., Atlantic City, N.J., June 17, 1963.

William M Coon MD, Victor R Wheatley PhD, Franz Herrmann MD2, Leona Mandol BA and With technical assistance of Jean Gowdey MS

2Present Address: Universitäts Hautklinik Ludwig Rehnstrasse 14 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

1 From the Department of Dermatology, New York University Schools of Medicine, and the Skin and Cancer Unit of University Hospital, New York, N. Y.

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