Activity of anticancer compounds against Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mice

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 804-806

  Kinnamon, Kenneth E ^a   Poon, Bing T ^b   Hanson, William L ^c   Waits, Virginia B ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORALYNE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; NIFURTIMOX; QUINOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RESERPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

EID: 0031749815     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.804     Document Type: Article

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