Inosiplex for localized herpes zoster in childhood cancer patients: preliminary controlled study.
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By multiple criteria, inosiplex-a reputed stimulator of virus-sensitized lymphocytes-had no demonstrable therapeutic effects in a preliminary controlled study of patients with localized herpes zoster and cancer. Lymphocytes from the six drug-treated patients were no more responsive to varicella-zoster antigen and phytohemagglutinin than were lymphocytes from seven patients who received a placebo.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
دوره 14 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978