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The Effect of Iontophoresis on Skin Barrier Integrity: Non-invasive Evaluation by Impedance Spectroscopy and Transepidermal Water Loss

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  1. Departments of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California—San Francisco, USA

    Yogeshvar N. Kalia, Lourdes B. Nonato & Richard H. Guy

  2. Graduate Group in Bioengineering, University of California—San Francisco and University of California—Berkeley, San Francisco, California, 94143-0446

    Lourdes B. Nonato & Richard H. Guy

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Kalia, Y.N., Nonato, L.B. & Guy, R.H. The Effect of Iontophoresis on Skin Barrier Integrity: Non-invasive Evaluation by Impedance Spectroscopy and Transepidermal Water Loss. Pharm Res 13, 957–960 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016081902162

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