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Human skin battery potentials and their possible role in wound healing
Author(s) -
FOULDS I. S.,
BARKER A. T.
Publication year - 1983
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.1365-2133.1983.tb07673.x
Subject(s) - battery (electricity) , voltage , wound healing , human skin , medicine , anatomy , biomedical engineering , surgery , biology , electrical engineering , physics , engineering , genetics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY Measurements of transcutaneous voltage have been made on seventeen normal volunteers. The results show the presence of ‘skin battery’ voltages comparable in size to those previously reported for amphibian and mammalian skin. No correlation was found between battery voltage and age or sex in the group studied, but consistent anatomical variations were observed. The possible role of these voltages in the natural wound healing process is discussed.