Hypothesis: The epidermal permeability barrier is a porous medium
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Hypothesis: the epidermal permeability barrier is a porous medium.
The stratum corneum is a complex biological material characterized by very low permeability to water and most other molecules. This material may be thought of as a 'porous medium' composed of impermeable and permeable regions. Intercellular lipid membranes in the stratum corneum are postulated to exist in a mixture of two phases: solid (i.e. impermeable) and liquid crystalline (permeable). The ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato-Venereologica
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0000-0000,0001-5555
DOI: 10.1080/000155500750042808