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Research Articles

Pre-plasticization of thermal binder facilitates processing and granule growth during melt granulation of gabapentin using co-rotating twin screw extruder

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Pages 1971-1978 | Received 30 Jun 2020, Accepted 28 Sep 2020, Published online: 22 Oct 2020

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