Hydrogel-forming and dissolving microneedles for enhanced delivery of photosensitizers and precursors

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 641-647

  Donnelly, Ryan F ^a,b   Morrow, Desmond I J ^a   McCrudden, Maelíosa T C ^a   Alkilani, Ahlam Zaid ^a   Vicente Pérez, Eva M ^a   O'Mahony, Conor ^c   González Vázquez, Patricia ^a   McCarron, Paul A ^d   Woolfson, A David ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ZARQA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEL; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL; HYDROGEL; NEEDLE; PIG; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; HYDROGELS; NEEDLES; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SOLUBILITY; SWINE;

EID: 84899919641     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12209     Document Type: Article

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