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Research Article

Physically Cross-Linked Polyvinyl Alcohol for the Topical Delivery of Fluconazole

Mona M. A. Abdel-MottalebDepartment of Drug Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Organization of African Unity, St. Abbassia, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
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N. D. MortadaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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A. A. El-ShamyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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G. A. S. AwadDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Pages 311-320 | Published online: 01 Mar 2009

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