Azidothymidine homodinucleotide-loaded erythrocytes as bioreactors for slow delivery of the antiretroviral drug Azidothymidine

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-25

  Benatti, Umberto ^a   Giovine, Marco ^a   Damonte, Gianluca ^a   Gasparini, Anna ^a   Scarfi, Sonia ^a   De Flora, Antonio ^a   Fraternale, Alessandra ^b   Rossi, Luigia ^b   Magnani, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029931897     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.0349     Document Type: Article

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