Structure and interactions in covalently and ionically crosslinked chitosan hydrogels for biomedical applications

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics - Tập 57 Số 1 - Trang 19-34 - 2004
Jérôme Berger1, Marianne Reist1, Joachim M. Mayer1, Olivia Felt2, Nicholas A. Peppas3, Robert Gurny2
1School of Pharmacy, University of Lausanne, Lausanne Switzerland
2School of Pharmacy, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
3Department of Pharmaceutics and Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

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