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Sejal Amodwala1, Praveen Kumar1, Hetal P Thakkar2

  • 1Shri G. H. Patel Pharmacy Building, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Fatehgunj, Vadodara 390 002, Gujarat, INDIA.

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences : Official Journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences
|April 8, 2017
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Keywords:
Fast-dissolving microneedleMeloxicamMicromolding techniquePermeation enhancementTransdermal patch

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