Scintigraphic verification of adherence of a chitosan formulation to the human oesophagus

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-147

  Säkkinen, Mia ^a   Marvola, Janne ^a   Kanerva, Hanna ^b   Lindevall, Kai ^b   Ahonen, Aapo ^c   Marvola, Martti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Remedium Ltd   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adherence; Chitosan; Gamma scintigraphy; Gelatine; Oesophagus

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; GELATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE FILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; ESOPHAGUS; EVALUATION; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY; STOMACH;

EID: 0347355371     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(03)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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