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Research Article

A novel method to prepare magnetite chitosan microspheres conjugated with methotrexate (MTX) for the controlled release of MTX as a magnetic targeting drug delivery system

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Pages 280-288 | Received 23 Apr 2009, Accepted 20 May 2009, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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