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Research Articles

Effect of liquid-to-solid lipid ratio on characterizations of flurbiprofen-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) and nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) for transdermal administration

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Pages 1308-1314 | Received 20 Jul 2015, Accepted 07 Dec 2015, Published online: 20 Jan 2016

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