Polyglycolide: degradation and drug release. Part I: Changes in morphology during degradation
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
- Vol. 12 (9) , 811-816
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1017925019985
Abstract
The changing morphology of quenched polyglycolide (PGA) is investigated during hydrolytic degradation in phosphate buffered saline at pH 7.4. Analysis techniques include small and wide-angle X-ray...Keywords
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