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The chemotherapy of rodent malaria. LIX. Drug combinations to impede the selection of drug resistance, part 3: observations on cyproheptadine, an antihistaminic agent, with chloroquine

W. PetersTropical Parasitic Diseases Unit, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, HarrowHA1 3UJ, U.K.Correspondence[email protected]
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B. L. RobinsonTropical Parasitic Diseases Unit, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, HarrowHA1 3UJ, U.K.
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L. B. StewartTropical Parasitic Diseases Unit, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, HarrowHA1 3UJ, U.K.
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G. A. ButcherDepartment of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, LondonSW7 2AZ, U.K.
Pages 689-697 | Received 28 Jul 2000, Accepted 06 Sep 2000, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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