Synergistic effect of electric field and ultrasound on transdermal transport

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 633-638

  Kost, Joseph ^a   Pliquett, Uwe ^b   Mitragotri, Samir ^c   Yamamoto, Aye ^c   Langer, Robert ^b,c   Weaver, James ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Sonophoresis; Stratum corneum; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; RHODAMINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG PENETRATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROPORATION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PENETRATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPORATION; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; RHODAMINES; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0029935410     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016070710397     Document Type: Article

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