transepidermal elimination

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Physiology

  • a mechanism by which foreign or altered constituents can be be removed from the dermis
  • involves morphologic alterations of the epidermis, forming a channel facilitating extrusion of the offending constituent

More general terms

References

  1. Woo TW and Rasmussen JE Disorders of transdermal elimination International Journal of Dermatitis. June 1985 http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/65380/j.1365-4362.1985.tb05781.x.pdf?sequence=1