Protection of immunosuppressed mice from lethal Candida infection by oral administration of a Kampo medicine, Hochu-ekki-to

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 331-342

  Abe, Shigeru ^a   Tansho, Shigeru ^a   Ishibashi, Hiroko ^a   Akagawa, Gen ^a   Komatsu, Yasuhiro ^b   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a,c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032916254     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923979909052766     Document Type: Article

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