Iontophoresis
Drug delivery through the skin using electricity / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iontophoresis is a process of transdermal drug delivery by use of a voltage gradient on the skin.[1][2] Molecules are transported across the stratum corneum by electrophoresis and electroosmosis and the electric field can also increase the permeability of the skin.[3][4] These phenomena, directly and indirectly, constitute active transport of matter due to an applied electric current. The transport is measured in units of chemical flux, commonly μmol/(cm2×hour). Iontophoresis has experimental, therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
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