title: Measurement of sebum excretion rate and skin temperature above and below the neurological lesion in paraplegic patients.
abstract: The sebum excretion rate (SER) was measured above and below the neurological lesion in seventeen male and four female paraplegic patients and at comparable sites in a similar number of age-matched controls. There was no significant difference between paraplegics and controls for forehead SER. For the thigh SER there was a highly significant difference between paraplegics and controls (t = 6.27:P less than 0.001), the level for paraplegics being twice that for controls. Simultaneous thigh skin temperature measurements showed no significant difference between paraplegics and controls.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ebling
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Harrington
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012629:Sebum / Q000378:metabolism*; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013848:Thigh