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Models and Methods to Evaluate Transport of Drug Delivery Systems Across Cellular Barriers
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Models and Methods to Evaluate Transport of Drug Delivery Systems Across Cellular Barriers

Published on: October 17, 2013

Mathematical modeling of drug delivery from torus-shaped single-layer devices

Ignacio M Helbling1, Julio A Luna, María I Cabrera

  • 1Laboratorio de Química Fina, Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (INTEC), Universidad Nacional del Litoral and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (UNL-CONICET), CCT CONICET-SANTA FE, Ruta Nacional 168, Paraje El Pozo, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina. ihelbling@santafe-conicet.gov.ar

Journal of Controlled Release : Official Journal of the Controlled Release Society
|October 26, 2010
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