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ArticleTropical medicine and health2017

Survey on synergism effect of ketotifen in combination with pyrimethamine in treatment of acute murine toxoplasmosis.

Mahbobeh Montazeri, Kian Rezaei, Mohammad Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Mehdi Sharif, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Mohammad Taghi Rahimi, Abdol Satar Pagheh, Saeed Mehrzadi, Ahmad Daryani

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mahbobeh MontazeriToxoplasmosis Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Kian RezaeiToxoplasmosis Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Mohammad Ali EbrahimzadehPharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Mehdi SharifToxoplasmosis Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Shahabeddin SarviToxoplasmosis Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Ehsan AhmadpourInfectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mohammad Taghi RahimiSchool of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Abdol Satar PaghehToxoplasmosis Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Saeed MehrzadiRazi Drug Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad DaryaniToxoplasmosis Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRShahroud University of Medical Sciences · IRTabriz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStandard treatment of toxoplasmosis is accompanied by severe side effects and low tolerability; accordingly, alternative medicines are critically needed. Ketotifen (KET) as a cell membrane stabilizer could be an appropriate inhibitor of

resultsA significant difference between KET and control groups was observed (

conclusionsOur results indicated that KET has both prophylactic and therapeutic effects on acute phases of the disease.

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Cell membrane stabilizerKetotifenQuantitative PCRToxoplasma gondii

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PMID29200930
PMCPMC5697358
OpenAlexW2768769218

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