Human skin battery potentials and their possible role in wound healing
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 109 (5), 515-522
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1983.tb07673.x
Abstract
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.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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