Therapeutic Index of Glucocorticoids Can Be Optimized by Encapsulating High-clearance Glucocorticoids in Long-circulating Liposomes
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Dept. Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Dept. Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Div. Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Members of UNYPHAR, a network collaboration between the universities of Groningen, Leiden, Utrecht and the pharmaceutical company Yamanouchi CHAPTER THERAPEUTIC INDEX OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS CAN BE
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