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[Formulation aspects and ex-vivo examination of buccal drug delivery systems]

Barnabás Szabó1, Gergely Hetényi, Klaudia Majoros

  • 1Semmelweis Egyetem, Egyetemi Gyógyszertár Gyögyszerügyi Szervezési Intézet Budapest, Hogyes E. u. 7-9. 1092.

Acta Pharmaceutica Hungarica
|February 15, 2012
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