A two-way cross-over bioequivalence study comparing two products of diclofenac sodium suppositories in healthy human volunteers

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2004, Pages no-

  Hasan, Mazen ^a   Otoom, Sameer ^a,b   Najib, Naji ^a   Sallam, El Sayed ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; INFLABAN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPOSITORY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 10644263038     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2004.t01-1-pto950503.x     Document Type: Article

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