Studies on a new antitubercular drug,trifluoperazine: Its effect in combination with conventional antitubercular drugs in tubercular lymphadenitis

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 92-97

  Gupta, R L ^a   Jain, Sundeep ^a   Talwar, V ^a   Gupta, H C ^a   Murthy, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antitubercular drug; Trifluoperazine; Tubercular lymphadenitis; Tuberculosis chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010911697     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02867869     Document Type: Article

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