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QobuR - A new in vitro human corneal epithelial model for preclinical drug screening

Manuel Chacón1, Natalia Vázquez1, Silvia Berisa2

  • 1Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics : Official Journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik E.V
|January 29, 2019
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Keywords:
Alternative methodBarrier disruptionsDrug absorptionIn vitro cornea modelOcular irritancyQobuRTEER measurement

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