Evolving concepts of neonatal skin.
Skin barrier function is crucial to health. Importantly, the skin operates as an air-liquid, a liquid-liquid, and an immunological barrier. The skin's physical and chemical structures, as well as its microbiome, function to create, maintain, and repair this complex barrier.
Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
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D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena