Genotoxic effect of ribavirin in patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 313-315

  Tatar, Abdulgani ^a   Ozkurt, Zulal ^a   Kiki, Ilhami ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RIBAVIRIN; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 27744483749     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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