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Research Article

Continuous granulation with a twin-screw extruder: Impact of material throughput

Dejan DjuricInstitute of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Peter KleinebuddeInstitute of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 518-525 | Received 15 Jun 2009, Accepted 07 Oct 2009, Published online: 18 Nov 2009

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