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Research Article

Filter-extruded liposomes revisited: a study into size distributions and morphologies in relation to lipid-composition and process parameters

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Pages 11-20 | Received 22 Dec 2014, Accepted 20 Feb 2015, Published online: 31 Mar 2015

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