The 'best method' of topical nasal drug delivery: Comparison of seven techniques

Rhinology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-107

  Merkus, Paul ^a   Ebbens, F A ^b   Muller, B ^b   Fokkens, W J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distribution; Nasal drops; Nasal drug delivery; Nasal polyposis; Nasal spray

Indexed keywords

DYE; FLIXONASE NASULES; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; METHYLENE BLUE; NOSE DROPS; NOSE SPRAY;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SNEEZING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33744999664     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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