Flucytosine: a review of its pharmacology, clinical indications, pharmacokinetics, toxicity and drug interactions

scientific article (publication date: August 2000)

Flucytosine: a review of its pharmacology, clinical indications, pharmacokinetics, toxicity and drug interactions is …
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P356DOI10.1093/JAC/46.2.171
P8608Fatcat IDrelease_zrcamk4nzbev5k66wbqajtel2a
P3181OpenCitations bibliographic resource ID1278166
P698PubMed publication ID10933638

P50authorHenk-Jan GuchelaarQ63658803
P2093author name stringJ Dankert
A Vermes
P433issue2
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectpharmacologyQ128406
clinical indicationQ110971784
toxicityQ274160
pharmacokineticsQ323936
5-fluorocytosineQ238490
P1104number of pages9
P304page(s)171-179
P577publication date2000-08-01
P1433published inJournal of Antimicrobial ChemotherapyQ6294770
P1476titleFlucytosine: a review of its pharmacology, clinical indications, pharmacokinetics, toxicity and drug interactions
P478volume46

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