PLG Microsphere Size Controls Drug Release Rate Through Several Competing Factors
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Pharmaceutical Research
- Vol. 20 (7), 1055-1062
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024466407849
Abstract
Purpose. Although the rate of drug release from poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) microspheres is often modulated by changing fabrication conditions or materials, the specific factors directly...Keywords
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