Effect of pulse therapy with glucocorticoid and cyclophosphamide in lung fibrosis due to paraquat poisoning in rats

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-253

  Ghaffari, Ali R ^a   Noshad, Hamid ^a   Ostadi, Ali ^a   Hasanzadeh, Nazila ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARAQUAT POISONING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; PARAQUAT; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79952604440     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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