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Measurement of sebum excretion rate and skin temperature above and below the neurological lesion in paraplegic patients
Author(s) -
THOMAS SARAH E.,
CONWAY J.,
EBLING F.J.G.,
HARRINGTON CHRISTINE I.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1985.tb15265.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , forehead , lesion , significant difference , thigh , excretion , surgery , spinal cord , psychiatry
SUMMARY 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 < 0.001), the level for paraplegics being twice that for controls. Simultaneous thigh skin temperature measurements showed no significant difference between paraplegics and controls.