Relationship of skin target site free drug concentration (C*) to the in vivo efficacy: An extensive evaluation of the predictive value of the C* concept using acyclovir as a model drug

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 797-801

  Mehta, Samir C ^a   Afouna, Mohsen I ^a   Ghanem, Abdel Halim ^a   Higuchi, William I ^a   Kern, Earl R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030876725     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/js960515h     Document Type: Article

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