Direct convective delivery of macromolecules to the spinal cord

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 616-622

  Lonser, Russell R ^b   Gogate, Nitin ^b   Morrison, Paul F ^b   Wood, J David ^b   Oldfield, Edward H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bulk flow; Convection; Drug delivery; Macaca mulatta; Macromolecule; Pig; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CARBON 14;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG SAFETY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031706638     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.4.0616     Document Type: Article

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