Microneedles for intradermal and transdermal drug delivery

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 623-637

  Tuan Mahmood, Tuan Mazlelaa ^a,b   McCrudden, Maelíosa T C ^a   Torrisi, Barbara M ^a   McAlister, Emma ^a   Garland, Martin J ^a   Singh, Thakur Raghu Raj ^a   Donnelly, Ryan F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Drug monitoring; Hydrogel forming; Microneedle; Safety; Transdermal drug delivery; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; ALPHA RIX; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARBOMER; CURCUMIN; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; GALANTAMINE; IMIQUIMOD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INSULIN; LIDOCAINE; LIPOSOME; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NALTREXONE; PLASMID DNA; POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; PRODRUG; SILICON; SOLUVIA; STAINLESS STEEL; SULFORHODAMINE B; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG COATING; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MICRONEEDLE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NANOENCAPSULATION; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; VACCINATION;

DRUG MONITORING; HYDROGEL-FORMING; MICRONEEDLE; SAFETY; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY; VACCINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MICROINJECTIONS; NEEDLES; PAIN; PERCEPTION; SKIN;

EID: 84885954974     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: 18790720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2013.05.005     Document Type: Review

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