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Transepidermal chloride flux through hydrated skin: combination chloride electrode
Author(s) -
ANJO DENNIS MARK,
MAIBACH HOWARD
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1981.tb00880.x
Subject(s) - stratum corneum , chloride , cellophane , transepidermal water loss , in vivo , chemistry , flux (metallurgy) , electrode , diffusion , biophysics , medicine , pathology , biology , organic chemistry , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , thermodynamics
SUMMARY A combination chloride electrode was used to determine quantitatively the outward rate of epidermal chloride transport in vivo . Regional anatomical variation and the effects of topical agents and cellophane tape strippings on the rate of chloride diffusion were determined. Transepidermal chloride flux through hydrated skin appears to be an alternative method for determining stratum corneum function in vivo .