Development and characterization of an intraocular biodegradable polymer system containing cyclosporine-A for the treatment of posterior uveitis

Materials Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-211

  Saliba, Juliana Barbosa ^a   Faraco, André Augusto Gomes ^a   Yoshida, Maria Irene ^a   de Vasconcelos, Wander Luiz ^a   da Silva Cunha, Armando ^a   Mansur, Herman Sander ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodegradable intraocular implants; Biodegradable polymer; Nanostructured drug delivery system

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG PRODUCTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMORPHOUS NETWORKS; BIODEGRADABLE INTRAOCULAR IMPLANTS; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; NANOSTRUCTURED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL CHEMICAL INTERACTION; POLY(D ,L-LACTIDE-CO- GLYCOLIDE); POLYMERIC MATRICES;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 50049107050     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392008000200016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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