Studies on the Effects of Applied Voltage and Duration on Human Epidermal Membrane Alteration/Recovery and the Resultant Effects upon Iontophoresis

Pharmaceutical Research: An Official Journal of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 687-697

  Inada, Hirohiko ^a   Ghanem, Abdel Halim ^a   Higuchi, William I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

electroporation; human skin; iontophoresis; permeability; skin alteration and recovery

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; TETRYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IONTOPHORESIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DIFFUSION; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO; IONTOPHORESIS; LIPID BILAYERS; MANNITOL; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; POROSITY; POTENTIOMETRY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0028352235     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018924228916     Document Type: Article

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