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Blessy Joseph1, Anne George2, Sreeraj Gopi3

  • 1International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 686 560, Kerala, India.

International Journal of Pharmaceutics
|April 8, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
AntibacterialBiodegradableDrug deliveryScaffoldsSutures

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