Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 622-625 , 12 November 2002

Theoretical mechanistic basis of the toxic effects and efficacy of AZT in HIV: AIDS

  • Dunstan A.A Akintonwa

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dunstan A.A. Akintonwa, Centre for Theoretical Mechanistic Biochemistry(CTMB), Amazing Grace, 150 Anansa Road, P.O. Box 3129, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Received 11 June 2001 ,Accepted 13 February 2002.

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Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 622-625 , 12 November 2002

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