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Research Article

Effect of salts on gelation and drug release profiles of methylcellulose-based ophthalmic thermo-reversible in situ gels

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Pages 385-391 | Received 04 Jul 2009, Accepted 02 Mar 2010, Published online: 30 Apr 2010

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