Chitosan-based hydrogels for controlled, localized drug delivery

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews - Tập 62 Số 1 - Trang 83-99 - 2010
Narayan Bhattarai1, Jonathan Gunn, Miqin Zhang
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

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