Iontophoresis-gentamicin delivery into the rabbit cornea, using a hydrogel delivery probe

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 745-749

  Frucht Pery, Joseph ^a   Mechoulam, Hadas ^a   Siganos, Charalambos S ^a   Ever Hadani, Pnina ^a   Shapiro, Mervyn ^a   Domb, Abraham ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cornea; Gentamicin; Iontophoresis; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EVALUATION; HYDROGEL; IONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 0842309502     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(03)00215-X     Document Type: Article

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