Successful treatment of herpes simplex virus (HSV) recurrent genital infection with recombinant human (RH) granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF): A case report

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-436

  Altamura, M ^a   Geronimo, M G ^a   Nappi, L ^a   Ceci, O ^a   Loizzi, P ^a   Jirillo, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BETA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

HERPES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0031418259     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923979709007665     Document Type: Article

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