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Adv Pharm Bull. 2021;11(1): 104-110. doi: 10.34172/apb.2021.011
PMID: 33747857        PMCID: PMC7961223

Research Article

Preparation and Safety Evaluation of Topical Simvastatin Loaded NLCs for Vitiligo

Sahar Yazdani Ashtiani 1 ORCID, Saman Ahmad Nasrollahi 1 * ORCID, Atefeh Naeimifar 2 ORCID, Aubid Nassiri Kashani 1, Aniseh Samadi 1 ORCID, Somayeh Yadangi 1, Ehsan Aboutaleb 3, Poorya Abdolmaleki 1, Rassoul Dinarvand 2 ORCID, Alireza Firooz 1 ORCID

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