Saliva concentration of amoxicillin, erythromycin, and ciprofloxacin in outpatients: A comparison between the young and the elderly

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-128

  Ragazzi, Eugenio ^a   Fille, Manfred ^b   Miglioli, Pier Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGAR DIFFUSION; AGE; AGED; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG MONITORING; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875397394     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1973947812Y.0000000054     Document Type: Letter

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