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Azathioprine favourably influences the course of malaria
BACKGROUND: Azathioprine triggers suicidal erythrocyte death or eryptosis, characterized by cell shrinkage and exposure of phosphatidylserine at the erythrocyte surface. Eryptosis may accelerate the clearance of Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes. The present study thus explored whether azathioprine i...
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442289 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-102 |