Stealth® liposomes: From theory to product

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 165-177

  Čeh, Boris ^a   Winterhalter, Mathias ^b   Frederik, Peter M ^c   Vallner, Joseph J ^d   Lasic, Danilo D ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ALZA CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Liposome Consultations   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doxil(TM); doxorubicin; drugs; liposomes; polymer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; DOXORUBICIN; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLY (2 ETHYL 2 OXAZOLIDINE); POLY (2 METHYL 2 OXAZOLIDINE); POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER; POVIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG ADSORPTION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STABILITY; ENCAPSULATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; ENCAPSULATION; LIPIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY;

ANTI CANCER ACTIVITY; DOXIL; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG ENCAPSULATION; STEALTH LIPOSOME; STERIC STABILIZATION;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

EID: 0343632345     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(96)00456-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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