Dermal capillary clearance: Physiology and modeling

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 55-74

  Kretsos, K ^a,c   Kasting, G B ^b  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Clearance; Dermis; Lymphatics; Modeling; Permeability

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CAPILLARY; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SURFACE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMOREGULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DERMIS; HUMANS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 17144403834     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083706     Document Type: Review

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