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Pharm Sci. 2023;29(2): 208-218. doi: 10.34172/PS.2022.34

Research Article

Preparation and In-Vitro Evaluation of Ketoconazole-Loaded Niosome (Ketosome) for Drug Delivery to Cutaneous Candidiasis

Katayoun Morteza-Semnani 1 ORCID, Majid Saeedi 2,3 ORCID, Jafar Akbari 3, Maryam Moazeni 4,5, Amirhossein Babaei 3,6 ORCID, Reza Negarandeh 3,6, Maedeh Azizi 6, Mohammad Eghbali 2,3, Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Hashemi 7 * ORCID

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