Spatially constrained localized transport regions due to skin electroporation

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-110

  Gowrishankar, T R ^a   Herndon, Terry O ^b   Vaughan, Timothy E ^a   Weaver, James C ^a  

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

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Human skin; Local transport regions; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRANSPORT; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRATUM CORNEUM; THICKNESS; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; SKIN;

EID: 0032986610     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(99)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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