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Intestinal Absorption of Ribavirin Is Preferentially Mediated by the Na+-Nucleoside Purine (Nl) Transporter

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  1. Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Box 357610, Seattle, Washington, 98195

    Shivakumar D. Patil, Leock Y. Ngo & Jashvant D. Unadkat

  2. Schering-Plough Research Institute, 20115 Galloping Hill, Kenilworth, New Jersey, 07033

    Paul Glue

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Patil, S.D., Ngo, L.Y., Glue, P. et al. Intestinal Absorption of Ribavirin Is Preferentially Mediated by the Na+-Nucleoside Purine (Nl) Transporter. Pharm Res 15, 950–952 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011945103455

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