ISSN: 2228-5881 eISSN: 2251-7308

Adv Pharm Bull. 2016;6(1): 31-36. doi: 10.15171/apb.2016.06

PMID: 27123415 PMCID: PMC4845546

Original Research

The Effect of Particle Size on the Deposition of Solid Lipid Nanoparticles in Different Skin Layers: A Histological Study

Zahra Mardhiah Adib ¹, Saeed Ghanbarzadeh ², Maryam Kouhsoltani ³, Ahmad Yari Khosroshahi ⁴, Hamed Hamishehkar ⁵ *

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