In situ-forming hydrogels - Review of temperature-sensitive systems

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 409-426

  Ruel Gariépy, Eve ^a   Leroux, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Implants; In situ; Injectables; Thermosensitivity

Indexed keywords

CEFTIOFUR; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE; CHITOSAN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COPOLYMER; DESLORELIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; GONADORELIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; IBUPROFEN; INSULIN; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; PACLITAXEL; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; POLOXAMER; POLY(1,2 PROPYLENE PHOSPHATE); POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE B PROPYLENE OXIDE B ETHYLENE OXIDE); POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE CO ACRYLIC ACID); POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(ORGANOPHOSPHAZENE); POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROPRANOLOL; TIMOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CROSS LINKING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SOLVENT EFFECT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE REPAIR; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; LIPOSOMES; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 3843071010     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2004.03.019     Document Type: Review

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