Ultrasound and microbubble guided drug delivery: Mechanistic understanding and clinical implications

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 743-752

  Wang, Tzu Yin ^a   Wilson, Katheryne E ^a   Machtaler, Steven ^a   Willmann, Jürgen K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Drug delivery; Microbubbles; Sonoporation; Therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84893494424     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389201014666131226114611     Document Type: Article

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