Immunochemotherapy for Leishmania donovani infection in golden hamsters: Combinatorial action of poly ICLC plus L-arginine and sodium stibogluconate (Stibanate®)

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1103-1106

  Bhakuni, Vinod ^a   Kulkarni, Sangeeta ^a   Ali, Vahab ^a   Singh, Ujjawal K ^a   Levy, Hilton B ^b   Maheshwari, Radha K ^c  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE POLYCYTIDYLIC POLYINOSINIC ACID POLYLYSINE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERFERON INDUCERS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; POLY I-C; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032720052     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107999099313037     Document Type: Article

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