Kinetic Release Studies of Antibiotic Patches for Local Transdermal Delivery

Esra Altun1, Esra Yuca2, Nazmi Ekren3

  • 1Centre for Nanotechnology & Biomaterials Research, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Goztepe Campus, Marmara University, Istanbul 34722, Turkey.

Pharmaceutics
|April 30, 2021
PubMed

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