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Silver nanoparticles—the real “silver bullet” in clinical medicine?

2010; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 1; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c0md00069h

2040-2511

Kenneth K. Wong, Xuelai Liu,

Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

The use of silver nanoparticles has become more widespread in our society. While many believe that silver can be extremely useful in clinical medicine, firm evidence is still lacking. Thus, we present here a review of their current use in clinical medicine.