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EVALUATION OF THE IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF THE MACROLIDE ANTIBIOTIC, CLARITHROMYCIN, IN FEMALE B6C3F1 MICE: A 28-DAY ORAL GAVAGE STUDY

N. A. Karrow Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298-0613, U.S.A.
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J. A. McCay Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298-0613, U.S.A.
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R. D. Brown Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298-0613, U.S.A.
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D. L. Musgrove Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298-0613, U.S.A.
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D. R. Germolec Laboratory of Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle ParkNC, 27709, U.S.A.
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K. L. White jr Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298-0613, U.S.A.; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298-0613, U.S.A.
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Kimber L. White jr. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298-0613, U.S.A.
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Pages 19-37 | Published online: 04 Mar 2001

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