A patchless dissolving microneedle delivery system enabling rapid and efficient transdermal drug delivery

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lahiji, Shayan F ^a   Dangol, Manita ^a   Jung, Hyungil ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DEVICES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELASTICITY; MOUSE; NEEDLE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; SOLUBILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY; MICE; NEEDLES; SKIN; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84923082866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07914     Document Type: Article

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