Iontophoretic Delivery of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid (ALA): Effect of pH
✍ Scribed by Renata F. V. Lopez; M. Vitória L. B. Bentley; M. Begoña Delgado-Charro; Richard H. Guy
- Book ID
- 110296930
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0724-8741
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