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Adv Pharm Bull. 2024;14(3): 524-536. doi: 10.34172/apb.2024.038
PMID: 39494248        PMCID: PMC11530887

Review Article

Functionalized and Theranostic Lipidic and Tocosomal Drug Delivery Systems: Potentials and Limitations in Cancer Photodynamic Therapy

Fahime Nasr Esfahani 1 ORCID, Sahand Karimi 2, Zahra Jalilian 1, Mehran Alavi 2 * ORCID, Bushra Aziz 3, Enam Alhagh Charkhat Gorgich 4, M. R. Mozafari 1 ORCID, Elham Taghavi 5, Sargol Aminnezhad 6 * ORCID, Sara Ataei 7

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