Chitosan and chitosan derivatives in drug delivery and tissue engineering

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-44

  Riva, Raphaël ^a   Ragelle, Héloïse ^b   Des Rieux, Anne ^b   Duhem, Nicolas ^b   Jérôme, Christine ^a   Préat, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Chitosan derivatives; Drug delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053525040     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/12_2011_137     Document Type: Review

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