Morphologic basis for a pore-pathway in mammalian stratum corneum

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 235-246

  Menon, Gopinathan K ^a,b   Elias, Peter M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Percutaneous absorption; Stratum corneum lipids; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

LIPID SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; OSMIUM; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM RED; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENHANCER REGION; IONTOPHORESIS; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; MEMBRANE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSORPTION; SONOPHORESIS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VAPOR;

1-BUTANOL; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; DEXTRANS; FERRITINS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; IONTOPHORESIS; LANTHANUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOLVENTS; SUCROSE; VEHICLES;

EID: 0031436110     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: 16605535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000211511     Document Type: Article

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