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Assessment of the lateral diffusion and penetration of topically applied drugs in humans using a novel concentric

C M Gee1, J A Nicolazzo, A C Watkinson

  • 1Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Pharmaceutical Research
|March 17, 2012
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