Delivery of drug macromolecules from thermally responsive gel implants to the posterior eye

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5170-5177

  Ninawe, Pravin R ^a   Hatziavramidis, Dimitri ^b   Parulekar, Satish J ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anti VEGF agent; Drug macromolecule; Ocular drug delivery; Sclera permeability; Sustained delivery; Thermally responsive gel

Indexed keywords

ANTI-VEGF AGENT; OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY; SCLERA PERMEABILITY; SUSTAINED DELIVERY; THERMALLY RESPONSIVE;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; DRUG DELIVERY; MACROMOLECULES; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

GELS;

EID: 77955432662     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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