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  • 1División de Estudios de Posgrado (Tecnología Farmacéutica), Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Primero de Mayo S/N, Cuautitlán Izcalli, C.P. 54740, Estado de México, Mexico.

International Journal of Pharmaceutics
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