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High-throughput Identification of Synergistic Drug Combinations by the Overlap2 Method
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High-throughput Identification of Synergistic Drug Combinations by the Overlap2 Method

Published on: May 21, 2018

Evaluation of a synergistic combination between the non-antibiotic microbicides diclofenac and trifluoperazine

Sujata G Dastidar, S Annadurai, K Asok Kumar

    International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
    |June 7, 2003
    PubMed
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