Off-label drug use in human immunodeficiency virus disease

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-62

  Brosgart, Carol L ^a,e   Mitchell, Thomas ^b   Charlebois, Edwin ^c   Coleman, Rebecca ^b   Mehalko, Steven ^b   Young, Jamie ^d   Abrams, Donald I ^b  

^a Alta Bates Medical Center   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Assoc of Community Cancer Centers   (United States)

^e Community Consortium ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Community standard of practice; Drug compendia; HIV disease; Insurance reimbursement; Off label drugs

Indexed keywords

SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0029927914     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199605010-00008     Document Type: Article

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