Phototoxicity of gatifloxacin, a new quinolone, and its related drugs in guinea pigs

Japanese Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 95-100

  Kusajima, Hisao ^a   Ishida, Ryozo ^a   Uchida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYORIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gatifloxacin; Guinea pigs; New quinolones; Phototoxicity; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

ENOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOTOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0031769294     PISSN: 03863603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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