Controlled release of a therapeutic protein

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 742-743

  Langer, Robert ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LEVONORGESTREL; MICROSPHERE; PROTEIN;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG CARRIERS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; PROTEINS; ZINC;

EID: 0029931545     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0796-742     Document Type: Short Survey

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