An Evaluation of Thymidine in Treatment of Tropical Sprue

1 August 1956

journal article
research article
Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine

Vol. 92 (4) , 762-763
https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-92-22606

Abstract

Injections of thymidine in doses equivalent to at least 20, 47, and 80 [mu]g of vitamin B12 were without effect in producing hematologic improvement in patients with tropical sprue in relapse.

Keywords

NUCLEOTIDES/THERAPEUTIC USE
SPRUE/THERAPY
THYMINE/RELATED COMPOUNDS

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Blood, 1950
THE NON-SPECIFICITY OF THYMIDINE AS A GROWTH FACTOR FOR LACTIC ACID BACTERIA
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1949