Co-delivery of methotrexate and nicotinamide by cerosomes for topical psoriasis treatment with enhanced efficacy.

@article{Yang2021CodeliveryOM,
  title={Co-delivery of methotrexate and nicotinamide by cerosomes for topical psoriasis treatment with enhanced efficacy.},
  author={Xiaoyuan Yang and Yujia Tang and Meng Wang and Yixuan Wang and Wenxiu Wang and Meilu Pang and Yue-hong Xu},
  journal={International journal of pharmaceutics},
  year={2021},
  pages={
          120826
        }
}

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