A trial with 3′-azido-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine and human interferon-α in cats naturally infected with feline leukaemia virus

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 667-671

  Stuetzer, Bianca ^a   Brunner, Konstanze ^a   Lutz, Hans ^b   Hartmann, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FELINE LEUKEMIA; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIROLOGY; CAT DISEASES; LEUKEMIA, FELINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA, FELINE; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 84880678169     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X12473468     Document Type: Article

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