Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 291349, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/291349
Research Article
Methods to Evaluate the Effect of Ethanol on the Folate Analogue: Fluorescein Methotrexate Uptake in Human Proximal Tubular Cells
1Department of Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71118, USA
2Trinity University School of Medicine, Kingstown, St. Vincent, P.O. Box 2394, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Received 4 February 2009; Revised 9 June 2009; Accepted 19 July 2009
Academic Editor: Jason White
Copyright © 2009 Sivakumar JT Gowder and Kenneth E. McMartin. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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