Passage of silver ions through membrane-mimetic materials, and its relevance to treatment of burn wounds with silver sulfadiazine cream

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 290-301

  Tsipouras, Nicholas ^a   Rix, Colin J ^a   Brady, Peter H ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biological fluids; burns; membranes; silver chloride; solubility

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; ELECTROLYTE; GLUTATHIONE; POLYETHYLENE; SILVAZINE; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARGYRIA; ARTICLE; BURN; CREAM; DRUG ABSORPTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031034213     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.2.290     Document Type: Article

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