Paediatric pharmacology: Remember the excipients

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 362-365

  Fabiano, Valentina ^a   Mameli, Chiara ^a   Zuccotti, Gian Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Excipients; Paediatric drugs

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARACHIS OIL; ASPARTAME; BECLOMETASONE; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; EXCIPIENT; FLAVORING AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; IRON; LACTOSE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYLALANINE METHYL ESTER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SACCHARIN; SORBITOL; SUCROSE; SULFITE; SULFONAMIDE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CROSS REACTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC PHARMACOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHILD; DRUG INDUSTRY; EXCIPIENTS; HUMANS;

EID: 79955475797     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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