The production of uniformly sized polymer microspheres

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1140-1143

  Amsden, Brian ^a,b  

^a Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dimensional analysis; Microspheres; Poly(lactide co glycolide); Production method; Uniform size

Indexed keywords

DRUG CARRIER; MICROSPHERE; POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG CARRIERS; LACTIC ACID; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0032812727     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011968707321     Document Type: Article

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