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Solid lipid nanoparticles for parenteral drug delivery

S A Wissing1, O Kayser, R H Müller

  • 1DDS, Drug Delivery Services, GmbH, Kronskamp 11, 24119 Kronshagen, Germany.

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
|April 28, 2004
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