Sustained release of fleroxacin in vitro from lactic acid polymer

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-19

  Dounis, Eleftherios ^a   Korakis, Themistoklis ^a   Anastasiadis, Antonios ^a   Kanellakopoulou, Kiriaki ^b   Andreopoulos, Andreas ^c   Giamarellou, Helen ^b  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c National Polytechnic School   (Greece)

Author keywords

antibiotics; drug carriers; fleroxacin; quinolone

Indexed keywords

FLEROXACIN; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; IMPLANT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION;

DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG CARRIERS; FLEROXACIN; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERS;

EID: 0029941328     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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