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Adrian Williams

Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Reading
Verified email at reading.ac.uk
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Penetration enhancers

AC Williams, BW Barry - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
One long-standing approach for improving transdermal drug delivery uses penetration
enhancers (also called sorption promoters or accelerants) which penetrate into skin to reversibly …

Chronic Parkinsonism secondary to intravenous injection of meperidine analogues

GC Davis, AC Williams, SP Markey, MH Ebert… - Psychiatry …, 1979 - Elsevier
Abuse of 4-propyloxy-4-phenyl-N-methylpiperidine, a meperidine congener, produced
parkinsonism in a 23-year-old man. Unlike other drug-induced motor disturbances, the syndrome …

International multicenter pilot study of the first comprehensive self‐completed nonmotor symptoms questionnaire for Parkinson's disease: the NMSQuest study

…, V Dhawan, A Bowron, AJ Williams… - … : official journal of the …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Nonmotor symptoms (NMS) of Parkinson's disease (PD) are not well recognized in clinical
practice, either in primary or in secondary care, and are frequently missed during routine …

The metric properties of a novel non‐motor symptoms scale for Parkinson's disease: results from an international pilot study

…, S Tluk, Y Naidu, W Olanow, AJ Williams… - Movement …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐motor symptoms (NMS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) are common, significantly reduce
quality of life and at present there is no validated clinical tool to assess the progress or …

A length polymorphism in the circadian clock gene Per3 is linked to delayed sleep phase syndrome and extreme diurnal preference

…, DL Robilliard, DJ Skene, M Smits, A Williams… - …, 2003 - openresearch.surrey.ac.uk
A Length Polymorphism in the Circadian Clock Gene Per3 is Linked to Delayed Sleep Phase
Syndrome and Extreme Diurnal Preference Page 1 INTRODUCTION SLEEP TIMING AND …

Why is chitosan mucoadhesive?

IA Sogias, AC Williams, VV Khutoryanskiy - Biomacromolecules, 2008 - ACS Publications
Chitosan is a biocompatible and biodegradable amino polysaccharide, which is soluble in
aqueous solutions at pH < 6.5. It has been widely used for developing drug delivery systems …

[HTML][HTML] Deep brain stimulation plus best medical therapy versus best medical therapy alone for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD SURG trial): a randomised, open …

A Williams, S Gill, T Varma, C Jenkinson… - The Lancet …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Surgical intervention for advanced Parkinson's disease is an option if medical
therapy fails to control symptoms adequately. We aimed to assess whether surgery and best …

Solubility parameters as predictors of miscibility in solid dispersions

DJ Greenhalgh, AC Williams, P Timmins… - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 1999 - Elsevier
This paper reports interactions and possible incompatibilities in solid dispersions of
hydrophobic drugs with hydrophilic carriers, with solubility parameters employed as a means of …

Prevalence of nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease in an international setting; study using nonmotor symptoms questionnaire in 545 patients

…, S Thomas, D Rye, A Hand, AJ Williams… - … : official journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
2006, there was, no single instrument (questionnaire or scale) for attempting a comprehensive
assessment of the wide range of nonmotor symptoms (NMS) of Parkinson's disease (PD). …

Terpenes and the lipid–protein–partitioning theory of skin penetration enhancement

AC Williams, BW Barry - Pharmaceutical research, 1991 - Springer
A series of terpenes has been assessed as skin penetration enhancers towards the model
polar penetrant 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Cyclic terpenes were selected from the chemical …