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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The efficacy of methylene blue encapsulated in silica nanoparticles compared to naked methylene blue for photodynamic applications

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Pages 1018-1022 | Received 11 Dec 2014, Accepted 13 Jan 2015, Published online: 24 Feb 2015

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