Safety trial of the vaginal microbicide cellulose sulfate gel in HIV-positive men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 519-522

  Jespers, Vicky ^a   Buvé, Anne ^b   Van Damme, Lut ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE SULFATE; MICROBICIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSURIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCROTAL PAIN; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKIN TINGLING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELLULOSE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GELS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250873859     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000253340.76118.89     Document Type: Article

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