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Impact-Insertion Applicator Improves Reliability of Skin Penetration by Solid Microneedle Arrays

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Michael Stumber (Robert Bosch GmbH) for the supply of microneedles and Eleni Maria Varypataki and Stefan Romeijn for their help with the immunization study.

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    Koen van der Maaden, Emine Sekerdag, Wim Jiskoot & Joke Bouwstra

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van der Maaden, K., Sekerdag, E., Jiskoot, W. et al. Impact-Insertion Applicator Improves Reliability of Skin Penetration by Solid Microneedle Arrays. AAPS J 16, 681–684 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1208/s12248-014-9606-7

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