Use of the biodegradable polymer chitosan as a vehicle for applying drugs to the inner ear

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 110-115

  Saber, Amanj ^a,b   Strand, Sabina P ^c   Ulfendahl, Mats ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Drug delivery; Hair cell; Round window membrane

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; NEOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG CARRIERS; EAR, INNER; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; INSTILLATION, DRUG; NEOMYCIN; ROUND WINDOW, EAR; VEHICLES;

EID: 73749087296     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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