In vitro drug release from self-catalyzed poly(ortho ester): Case study of 5-fluorouracil

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 213-218

  Sintzel, Martina B ^a   Heller, Jorge ^b   Ng, Steve Y ^b   Tabatabay, Cyrus ^a   Schwach Abdellaoui, Khadija ^a   Gurny, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Advanced Polymer Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Bioerodable polymer; Controlled release; Self catalyzed poly(ortho ester)

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; POLY(ORTHO ESTER); POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALYSIS; DRUG CARRIERS; ESTERS; FLUOROURACIL; POLYMERS;

EID: 0031722796     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(98)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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