Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 88-93 , June 2009

Efficiency of cytoplasmic delivery by non-cationic liposomes to cells in vitro: A confocal laser scanning microscopy study

  • Mohsen M. Mady

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • M.M. Ghannam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
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  • W.A. Khalil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
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  • R. Müller

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Molecular Biology and Tumor Research, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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  • Alfred Fahr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany

Received 4 April 2007 ,Revised 23 April 2008 ,Accepted 19 May 2008.

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PII: S1120-1797(08)00067-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.05.005

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 88-93 , June 2009

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