Membrane transport processes in the eye

Ophthalmic Drug Delivery Systems, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 13-58

  Sunkara, Gangadhar ^a,b   Kompella, Uday B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

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