Relationship between in vivo first-order intestinal absorption rate constant and the membrane permeability clearance

H Yuasa1, T Iga, M Hanano

  • 1Department of Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Japan.

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