Current advances in the fabrication of microneedles for transdermal delivery

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-138

  Indermun, Sunaina ^a   Luttge, Regina ^b,c,d   Choonara, Yahya E ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Du Toit, Lisa C ^a   Modi, Girish ^a   Pillay, Viness ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology   (Netherlands)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypodermic; Microneedle; Microscale fabrication techniques

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; FABRICATION; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; HEPATIC METABOLISMS; HYPODERMIC; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; MICRONEEDLES; PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH; TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS;

NEEDLES;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; HUMAN; HYPODERMIC NEEDLE; INJECTION PAIN; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICRONEEDLE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PHOBIA; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL; DEVICES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROINJECTION; NEEDLE;

DRUG;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROINJECTIONS; NEEDLES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84901745519     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.04.052     Document Type: Review

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