Cyclosporin A monotherapy in young Indian aplastic anaemia patients

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 505-506

  Varma, Subhash ^a   Varma, Neelam ^a   Malhotra, Pankaj ^a   Singh, Sanjay ^a,b   Sharma, Deepika R ^a,b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Panacea Biotec Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; PANIMUN BIORAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIAN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032785141     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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