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Morphological changes in degrading PLGA and P(DL)LA microspheres: implications for the design of controlled release systems

N. Badri Viswanathan, S. S. Patil, J. K. Pandil, A. K. Lele, M. G. Kulkarni, R. A. Mashelkar Polymer Science Engineering Group, Chemical Engineering Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India; Department of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India; Council of Scientic and Industrial Research, Anusandhan Bhavan, 2 Ra Marg, New Delhi 110 001, India
Pages 783-800 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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