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- Folinic acid, also known as leucovorin, is a medication used to decrease the toxic effects of methotrexate and pyrimethamine. It is also used in combination...
- for treatment of colorectal cancer, made up of the drugs folinic acid (leucovorin, FOL), fluorouracil (5-FU, F), and oxaliplatin (Eloxatin, OX). Adjuvant...
- involving concomitant leucovorin rescue abortions in pregnant women Supralethal doses of aminopterin may be rescued with the antidote Leucovorin (also known as...
- the brand name Daraprim among others, is a medication used with leucovorin (leucovorin is used to decrease side effects of pyrimethamine; it does not have...
- includes the regimen FOLFIRI, which consists of infusional 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan. The regimen XELIRI consists of capecitabine and irinotecan...
- transcription factor, gene of Neurospora cr****a Fluorouracil (5-FU), and leucovorin (folinic acid), a chemotherapy regimen Follicular lymphoma in medicine...
- chemotherapy regimen is made up of the following four drugs: FOL – folinic acid (leucovorin), a vitamin B derivative that modulates/potentiates/reduces the side effects...
- cancer. It is made up of the following four drugs: FOL – folinic acid (leucovorin), a vitamin B derivative that enhances the effects of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU);...
- colorectal cancer. It is made up of the following drugs: FOL – folinic acid (leucovorin), a vitamin B derivative with multiple applications, which in this context...
- treating cancer cells when calcium leucovorin is added. This discovery paved the way for the development of 5-FU + leucovorin therapy, which was for many years...